NANOFIBERS FOR APPLICATIONS IN MEMS, NANOTECHNOLOGY, BIOTECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE
High tensile strength stronger than steel (on weight basis ) High extensibility comparable to rubber (elasticity)
NANOFIBERS (Definition) NANOFIBERS
Electrospinning of Polymers Volt
Electrospinning of nanofibers 30,000 Volt
SEM image of electrospun PET fibers. Fiber diameters are in the range of 10 micron
Electron micrograph of 300 nm polybenzimidazole nanofibers
Woven polyester shirt fabric
Nanofibers have large surface area per gram
Research Goals: *Investigation of Nanofibers Mechanical Properties *Advanced process control – “writing with fiber”
Potential Uses of nanofibers
Protective Clothing
Solar Sail Comet
Solar sail freight arriving on Mars
Leaf with nanofibers containing pesticide
Nanofibers as a physical barrier to insects
Bridge with nanofibers (Dupont)
Fiber Optic - nanofibers
Braid of aligned nanofibers. Density 100nfs/ m 2 Several aligned nanofibers
Nanofiber after burnout Super conductive nanofibers (Poly- acrylic acid + Salts)
Conductive nanofibers (PEDOT/PEO) Current-Voltage Response
Nanofiber nonwoven fabric Soft-tissue biomedical applications
A microelectrode records the firing of individual cells in a monkey's visual cortex