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Precursor Fibers (precursor + fiber)
Selected AbstractsPreparation of polybenzoxazole fibers via electrospinning and postspun thermal cyclization of polyhydroxyamideJOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE (IN TWO SECTIONS), Issue 24 2008Steve Lien-Chung Hsu Abstract Polybenzoxazole (PBO) fibers with a submicron diameter were successfully prepared by electrospinning its precursor, polyhydroxyamide (PHA), solutions to obtain the PHA fibers first, followed by appropriate thermal treatments for cyclization reaction. BisAPAF-IC PHA with two different molecular weights (MWs) were synthesized from a low temperature polymerization of 2,2,-bis(3-amino-4-hydroxyphenyl) hexafluoropropane (BisAPAF) and isophthaloyl chloride (IC). Using dimethylacetamide (DMAc) and tetrahydrofuran (THF), solvent effects on the electrospinnability of PHA solutions were investigated. For balancing the solution properties, it was found that DMAc/THF mixture with a weight ratio of 1/9 was the best cosolvent to prepare smooth PHA fibers; uniform PHA fibers with a diameter of 325,720 nm were obtained by using 20 wt % PHA/(DMAc/THF) solutions. For a fixed PHA concentration, solutions with a lower MW of PHA yielded thinner electrospun fibers under the same electrospinning condition. After obtaining the electrospun BisAPAF-IC PHA fibers, subsequent thermal cyclization up to 350 °C produced the corresponding thermally stable BisAPAF-IC PBO fibers with a diameter of 305,645 nm. The structure of the precursor fibers and the fully cyclized fibers were characterized by FTIR. For the cyclized BisAPAF-IC PBO fibers, thermogravimetric analysis showed a 5% weight loss temperature at 523 °C in nitrogen atmosphere. The interconnected fiber structure in the BisAPAF-IC PBO fiber mats was irrelevant to the curing process, but resulted from the jet merging during the whipping process as revealed by the high speed camera images. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 46: 8159,8169, 2008 [source] Processing Conditions and Aging Effect on the Morphology of PZT Electrospun Nanofibers, and Dielectric Properties of the Resulting 3,3 PZT/Polymer CompositeJOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, Issue 11 2009Ebru Mensur Alkoy Lead zirconate titanate (PZT) nanofibers are obtained by electrospinning a sol,gel based solution and polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) polymer, and by subsequent sintering of the electrospun precursor fibers. The average diameter of the precursor PZT/PVP green fibers has increased with the aging of the precursor solution along with an increase in the viscosity. Bead-free uniform green PZT/PVP fibers were collected at about an ,230 nm average fiber diameter using a 28 wt% PVP ratio solution with a viscosity of 290 mPa. Shrinkage of 40% was recorded on the fiber diameter after sintering. The X-ray diffraction pattern of the annealed PZT fibers exhibits no preferred orientation and a perovskite phase. Preparation of 3,3 nanocomposites by the infusion of polyvinylester into the nanofiber mat facilitates successful handling of the fragile mats and enables measurements of the dielectric properties. The dielectric constant of the PZT/polyvinylester nanocomposite of about 10% fiber volume fraction was found to be fairly stable and vary from 72 to 62 within the measurement range. The dielectric loss of the composite is below 0.08 at low frequencies and reaches a stable value of 0.04 for most of the measured frequencies. [source] Preparation of Zinc Oxide Nanofibers by ElectrospinningJOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, Issue 2 2006Hui Wu Ultra-thin fibers of zinc oxide (ZnO) were prepared by sol,gel processing and the electrospinning technique using poly(vinyl acetate) and zinc acetate as precursors. The fibers were characterized by thermogravimetric analysis, scanning electron microscopy, Fourier-transfer infrared, and X-ray diffraction, respectively. The results showed that the diameter of the precursor fibers increased with increasing zinc acetate content, and the size of the inorganic ZnO nanofibers decreased obviously as the calcining time increased. [source] Fabrication of High-Strength Continuous Zirconia Fibers and Their Formation Mechanism StudyJOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, Issue 12 2004He-Yi Liu Continuous zirconia fibers with a nanometer ceramic structure and a tensile strength up to 2.8 GPa were fabricated by pyrolyzing polyacetylacetonatozirconium precursor fibers through a special atmosphere heat treatment. DSC-TGA, GC-MS, IR, SEM, and TEM were used to study the fiber transformation mechanism during heating. Results showed that special atmosphere heat treatment could make the organics in the fibers come out directly without carbonization and remove them almost entirely under 400°C, and the obtained zirconia fibers had few defects, good continuity, and high strength. [source] | ||||||||||