Facile fabrication of structure-tunable bead-shaped hybrid microfibers using a Rayleigh instability guiding strategy

2015 ◽  
Vol 51 (99) ◽  
pp. 17525-17528 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Zhang ◽  
Yu Tian ◽  
Ling-Ling Xu ◽  
Cai-Feng Wang ◽  
Su Chen

A novel Rayleigh instability driven drop-sliding fiber approach combined with a spinning process is proposed for the fabrication of bead-shaped hybrid microfiber arrays.

Polymers ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 980 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hoik Lee ◽  
Yuma Inoue ◽  
Myungwoong Kim ◽  
Xuehong Ren ◽  
Ick Kim

The fabrication of nanofibers with a mechanical force has attracted increasing attention owing to its facile and easy fabrication. Herein, we demonstrate a novel and facile fabrication technique with the mechanical force, needle spinning, which utilizes a needle tip to draw a polymer solution to form fibrous structures. We studied the effect of the processing parameters to the nanofiber structure, namely, the pulling away speed, pulling away distances, needle size, and polymer concentration, which were systemically controlled. As the needle spinning provides an effective route to adjust those parameters, highly uniform nanofibers can be achieved. There are clear tendencies in the diameter; it was increased as the polymer concentration and needle size were increased, and was decreased as the pulling away distance and pulling away speed were increased. Needle spinning with a precise control of the processing parameter enables us to readily fabricate well-defined nanofibers, with controlled dimensions in diameter and length; plus, single nanofibers also can be easily formed. Those features cannot be realized in common spinning process such as electrospinning. Therefore, this technique will lead to further development of the use of mechanical force for nanofiber fabrication and will expand the range of nanofibers applications.


Author(s):  
Tai D. Nguyen ◽  
Ronald Gronsky ◽  
Jeffrey B. Kortright

Nanometer period Ru/C multilayers are one of the prime candidates for normal incident reflecting mirrors at wavelengths < 10 nm. Superior performance, which requires uniform layers and smooth interfaces, and high stability of the layered structure under thermal loadings are some of the demands in practical applications. Previous studies however show that the Ru layers in the 2 nm period Ru/C multilayer agglomerate upon moderate annealing, and the layered structure is no longer retained. This agglomeration and crystallization of the Ru layers upon annealing to form almost spherical crystallites is a result of the reduction of surface or interfacial energy from die amorphous high energy non-equilibrium state of the as-prepared sample dirough diffusive arrangements of the atoms. Proposed models for mechanism of thin film agglomeration include one analogous to Rayleigh instability, and grain boundary grooving in polycrystalline films. These models however are not necessarily appropriate to explain for the agglomeration in the sub-nanometer amorphous Ru layers in Ru/C multilayers. The Ru-C phase diagram shows a wide miscible gap, which indicates the preference of phase separation between these two materials and provides an additional driving force for agglomeration. In this paper, we study the evolution of the microstructures and layered structure via in-situ Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), and attempt to determine the order of occurence of agglomeration and crystallization in the Ru layers by observing the diffraction patterns.


2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 349-352
Author(s):  
Xiaohai Bu ◽  
Dongxian Li ◽  
Zewu Zhang ◽  
Chaofeng Hong ◽  
Li Zhang ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi Liu ◽  
Lei Zhou ◽  
Fangtao Ruan ◽  
Anfang Wei ◽  
Jianghui Zhao ◽  
...  

Background: Nanofiber’s productivity plagues nanofibrous membranes’ applications in many areas. Herein, we present the needle-disk electrospinning to improve throughput. In this method, multiple high-curvature mentals are used as the spinning electrode. Methods: Three aspects were investigated: 1) mechanism elucidation of the needle-disk electrospinning; 2) parameter optimization of the needle-disk electrospinning; 3) productivity improvement of the needle-disk electrospinning. Results: Results show that high-curvature electrode evokes high electric field intensity, making lower voltage supply in spinning process. The needle number, needle length and needle curvature synergistically affect the spinning process and nanofiber morphology. Additionally, higher disk rotation velocity and higher voltage supply can also result in higher nanofiber’s productivity. Conclusion: Compared with previous patents related to this topic, the needle-disk electrospinning is featured with the merits of high throughput, low voltage supply, controllable spinning process and nanofiber morphology, benefiting the nanofiber practical industrial employment and further applications of nanofiber-based materials.


2019 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 155892501989525
Author(s):  
Yu Yang ◽  
Yanyan Jia

Ultrafine crystallization of industrial pure titanium allowed for higher tensile strength, corrosion resistance, and thermal stability and is therefore widely used in medical instrumentation, aerospace, and passenger vehicle manufacturing. However, the ultrafine crystallizing batch preparation of tubular industrial pure titanium is limited by the development of the spinning process and has remained at the theoretical research stage. In this article, the tubular TA2 industrial pure titanium was taken as the research object, and the ultrafine crystal forming process based on “5-pass strong spin-heat treatment-3 pass-spreading-heat treatment” was proposed. Based on the spinning process test, the ultimate thinning rate of the method is explored and the evolution of the surface microstructure was analyzed by metallographic microscope. The research suggests that the multi-pass, medium–small, and thinning amount of spinning causes the grain structure to be elongated in the axial and tangential directions, and then refined, and the axial fiber uniformity is improved. The research results have certain scientific significance for reducing the consumption of high-performance metals improving material utilization and performance, which also promote the development of ultrafine-grain metals’ preparation technology.


2016 ◽  
Vol 120 (36) ◽  
pp. 20471-20477 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harim Oh ◽  
Jeeyoung Lee ◽  
Jin-Hoon Kim ◽  
Jin-Woo Park ◽  
Myeongkyu Lee

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