Polymeric composite electrospun nanofibers with nano fillers

Abstract

Introduction Electrospinning is one of the processing methods for deriving micro- and nanofibers from polymer solutions and melts by the presence of electrical forces. Electrospun fibrous polymeric composite membranes with a high surface area and high pore density serve in medical and tissue engineering, batteries, catalytic applications, and smart textile products. Carbon nanotube (CNT)/polymeric composite smart fibers can contribute to health and medical applications i.e., bone reconstruction, where sensing and soft surface are required, the development of fiber and textile structures with enhanced breathability as a delivery tool for drugs and biomolecules to enhance cell recovery. It this study, CNT- and Fe-based nanofillers were applied to optimize the properties of the polymer matrices in the fiber form and investigate the effects of the nanofillers. The electrospinning was used successfully to fabricate nanofibers of Iron oxide/poly(m-anthranilic acid)/poly(e-caprolactone) and CNT/polybutadiene (PBu), and poly(styrene-butadiene-styrene) (SBS) composite electromeric fibers, and they are thermomechanically, and spectrospically characterized. Keywords: Electrospun nanofibers,carbon nanotube, poly(styrene–butadiene–styrene), poly(ε-caprolactone)