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Lan Xu

A PARTICLE SUSPENSION MODEL FOR NANOSUSPENSIONS ELECTROSPINNING

ABSTRACT

Polymeric composite nanofibers have been fabricated simply by the electrospinning of polymeric solutions containing a wide variety of suspended inclusions such as nanoparticles and nanotubes. The electrospinning process for fabrication of composite nanofibers is a multi-phase and multi-physics process. In this paper, a modified particle suspension model for electrospinning nanosuspensions is established to research the electrospinning process. The model can offer in-depth insight into physical understanding of the complex process which can not be fully explained experimentally.

KEYWORDS

composite nanofibers, electrospinning, nanosuspensions, velocity distribution, mathematical model

PAPER SUBMITTED: 2017-07-05

PAPER REVISED: 2017-09-30

PAPER ACCEPTED: 2017-09-30

PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2018-09-09

DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI1804707X

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THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR 2018, VOLUME 22, ISSUE No. 4, PAGES [1707 - 1714]

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