Abstract
Polyacrylonitrile (PAN)/ polyurethan e (PU) blend nanofibers were prepared by electrospinning blend solutions of PAN and PU in N,N dimethylformamidedimethylformamide. The morphology, properties and structure of electrospun PAN/PAN nanofibers were characterized using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Thermo gravimetric analyses (TGA), mechanical properties measurement and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). FT-IR indicated that intermolecular interactions are formed between PAN and PU and the SEM images demonstrated that point-bonded structures in the fiber mats rose with increasing PU composition. Furthermore, the elongation and tensile strength of the PAN/PU blend nanofiber mats were significantly increased compared with PAN due to the point-bonded structures..
Keywords
Electrospinning, Polycarylonitrile, Polyurethaneolyurethane, Nanofibers.
Citation
WEI PAN, YALI SUN, YAN CHEN, Modification of polyacrylonitrile nanofibers by blending with polyurethane, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 8, 3-4, March-April 2014, pp.323-328 (2014).
Submitted at: June 20, 2013
Accepted at: March 13, 2014