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Facile control of intra-fiber porosity and inter-fiber voids in electrospun fibers for selective adsorption

Jinyou Lin, Feng Tian, Yanwei Shang, Fujun Wang, Bin Ding, Jianyong Yu

Nanoscale · 2012 · 120 citations · 30 references

Abstract

We report a facile method to control intra-fiber porosity via varying the relative humidity and inter-fiber voids through the blending of two different polymeric fibers via multi-nozzles spinning of electrospun fibers for selective adsorption of oil from water.

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Natural Sciences, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +15

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Natural Sciences, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +13

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Natural Sciences, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +12

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Natural Sciences, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +17