Published in

SAGE Publications, Textile Research Journal, 3(85), p. 316-324, 2014

DOI: 10.1177/0040517514542969

Links

Tools

Export citation

Search in Google Scholar

Rotary jet-spinning of hematite fibers

Journal article published in 2014 by M. Schabikowski, J. Tomaszewska, D. Kata, T. Graule
This paper was not found in any repository, but could be made available legally by the author.
This paper was not found in any repository, but could be made available legally by the author.

Full text: Unavailable

Green circle
Preprint: archiving allowed
Green circle
Postprint: archiving allowed
Red circle
Published version: archiving forbidden
Data provided by SHERPA/RoMEO

Abstract

This work presents fabrication of purely ceramic submicron fibers by rotary jet-spinning – a recently developed method. An inertial force is used to form fibrous jets made of viscous dispersions, which then solidify during solvent evaporation. Precursor suspensions were prepared with the use of water as the only solvent, non-toxic Fe2O3 ceramic powder and poly(ethylene oxide) – a fiber-forming agent. The obtained fibers were in the range of 0.2–1.4 µm in diameter. This work presents a concept that utilizes ceramic fibers that could potentially be used for arsenic removal based on adsorption-enhanced filtration. We prove that ceramic fibers can be formed by simply adding non-agglomerated particles to a polymer solution. The nonwoven fiber-based approach will allow higher flow rates of the filtrate during purification and enable heat treatment for cleaning the filters. However, by changing the type of particles and/or preparing a mixture of them, the application range of the final product can be significantly broadened.