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Results and Discussion: Melt Electrospinning

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Polypropylene Nanofibers

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This chapter discusses the results and discussion of the experiments done on the melt electrospinning to fabricate nanofibres and their characterisation. Uses of additives such as rheology modifiers, to reduce the melt viscosity and conductivity enhancers, to increase the electrical conductivity in melt electrospinning helped in the fabrication of nanofibres. The use of polyethylene glycol (PEG) and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) reduced the melt viscosity; whereas the use of sodium oleate (SO) and sodium chloride (NaCl) improved the electrical conductivity. The results obtained from various characterisation techniques such as fibre morphology, thermal, crystalline, and mechanical properties; and surface wettability are also discussed in this chapter.

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Nayak, R. (2017). Results and Discussion: Melt Electrospinning. In: Polypropylene Nanofibers. Engineering Materials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61458-8_4

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