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SEA-SILK BASED NANOFIBERS AND THEIR DIAMETER PREDICTION

ABSTRACT

Diameter of sea-silk based nanofibers prepared by electrospinning is closely related to the concentrations of sea-silk solution. A mathematical model is established according the mass conservation law in fluid mechanics to predict the diameter of fibers, and the MATLsoftware is used to fit the experiment value. The results show that the fitted equation is quite accurate and efficient for estimating the diameter of fibers with different concentrations.

KEYWORDS

electrospinning, sea-silk, mathematical model, nanofiber, fiber’s diameter

PAPER SUBMITTED: 2018-05-18

PAPER REVISED: 2018-11-20

PAPER ACCEPTED: 2018-11-20

PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2019-09-14

DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI1904253T

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THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR 2019, VOLUME 23, ISSUE No. 4, PAGES [2253 - 2256]

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Sea-silk based nanofibers and their diameter prediction

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Chan-Juan Zhou

Ji-Huan He

SEA-SILK BASED NANOFIBERS AND THEIR DIAMETER PREDICTION