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Fabrication of poly(vinyl alcohol) nanofibers by wire electrode-incorporated electrospinning

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Wire electrodes for needleless electrospinning consist of stainless steel wires in place of cylinder electrodes. The effects of different numbers of constituent stainless steel wires on the morphology and diameter of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fibers are examined. With 1, 2, 3, or 4 stainless steel wires being twisted as wire electrodes, an 8, 10, or 12 wt.% polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) solution is electrospun into PVA nanofibers by using a needleless electrospinning machine. The morphology and diameter of PVA nanofibers is observed by scanning electron microscopy. The combination of the number of stainless steel wires (two), PVA solution (10 wt.%), and the collecting distance (10 cm) results in the finest diameter and an evenly formed fiber morphology. In addition, the nanofibers exhibit a wide range of diameters when electrospun with an electrode consisting of more than two stainless steel wires. Compared with the cylinder electrode, the use of a wire electrode can form nanofibers, which results in a more even morphology.

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  1. Department of Fashion Design and Merchandising, Shih Chien University Kaohsiung Campus, Kaohsiung City, 84550, Taiwan

    Chien-Teng Hsieh

  2. Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science, Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taichung City, 40601, Taiwan

    Ching-Wen Lou

  3. Department of Materials and Textiles, Oriental Institute of Technology, New Taipei City, 22061, Taiwan

    Yi-Jun Pan

  4. Department of Fiber and Composite Materials, Feng Chia University, Taichung City, 40724, Taiwan

    Chien-Lin Huang

  5. School of Textiles, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin, 300387, China

    Jia-Horng Lin

  6. Laboratory of Fiber Application and Manufacturing, Department of Fiber and Composite Materials, Feng Chia University, Taichung City, 40724, Taiwan

    Jia-Horng Lin, Zheng-Ian Lin & Kun-Chien Chiang

  7. School of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung City, 40402, Taiwan

    Jia-Horng Lin

  8. Department of Fashion Design, Asia University, Taichung City, 41354, Taiwan

    Jia-Horng Lin

  9. Department of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Science, China Medical University, Taichung City, 40402, Taiwan

    Yueh-Sheng Chen

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Hsieh, CT., Lou, CW., Pan, YJ. et al. Fabrication of poly(vinyl alcohol) nanofibers by wire electrode-incorporated electrospinning. Fibers Polym 17, 1217–1226 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12221-016-6370-6

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