AN INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF COLLECTOR PLATE MATERIAL AND THICKNESS ON ELECTROSPUN FIBER FINENESS INCLUDING A THEORETICAL ANALYSIS

Authors : Gonca Şimşek Gündüz, Fatma Göktepe, Hafiz Alisoy, Özer Göktepe

Pages : 223-236

Doi:10.47933/ijeir.1336360

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Publication Date : 2023-10-13

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The aim of this study is to examine the morphological properties of fibers produced by using metal plates of different thickness and materials as collectors in electrospinning. For this, circular shaped aluminum and copper plates of 1 mm, 5 mm, 10 mm thickness were used. The results show that much finer fibers were obtained when copper collectors are used compared to aluminum collectors. When the effect of collector thickness is analyzed, it was observed that fiber fineness increased as the collector thickness increased. In addition, it was observed that collection area of fibers on collector is much larger when aluminum collector and thinner collector is used showing that collector material and collector thickness affect fiber arrangement and interfiber spacing in electrospinning. A theoretical approach is also included in this work regarding effect of collector thickness and collector material type together with its verification in the light of experimental results.
Keywords : Elektroeğirme, toplayıcı plakanın malzemesi, toplayıcı plakanın kalınlığı, nanolif çapı, elektroeğirme nanolifli yüzey