THERMAL SCIENCE

International Scientific Journal

Yu-Ke Wu

,

Yong LiuORCID

FRACTAL-LIKE MULTIPLE JETS IN ELECTROSPINNING PROCESS

ABSTRACT
The electrospinning process is greatly affected by the instability of Taylor cone, an instable point can eject a jet, and multiple instable points can produce multiple jets. A fractal-like multi-jet phenomenon was found in electrospinning process with auxiliary electrodes, and main factors affecting the spinning process were studied experimentally, which included solution viscosity, surface tension, and conductivity. The fractal-like multi-jet is feasible to control the fiber morphology and its output.
KEYWORDS
electrospinning, nanofibers, auxiliary electrode, fractal multi-jet
PAPER SUBMITTED: 2019-04-08
PAPER REVISED: 2019-11-01
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2019-11-01
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2020-06-21
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI2004499W
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THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR 2020, VOLUME 24, ISSUE No. 4, PAGES [2499 - 2505]
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