基于实时厚度测量的均匀厚度静电纺纳米纤维毡生产系统。

Uniform-thickness electrospun nanofiber mat production system based on real-time thickness measurement.

机构信息

School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, South Korea.

Division of Cardiology, Inje University, Busan Paik Hospital, Busan, 47392, South Korea.

出版信息

Sci Rep. 2020 Nov 30;10(1):20847. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-77985-0.

Abstract

Electrospinning is a simple versatile process used to produce nanofibers and collect them as a nanofiber mat. However, due to bending instability, electrospinning often produces a nanofiber mat with non-uniform mat thickness. In this study, we developed a uniform-thickness electrospun nanofiber mat (UTEN) production system with a movable collector based on real-time thickness measurement and thickness feedback control. This system is compatible with a collector with void regions such as a mesh-type collector, two-parallel-metal-plate collector, and ring-type collector, which facilitates the measurement of light transmittance across the produced nanofiber mat during electrospinning. A real-time measurement system was developed to measure light transmittance and convert it to the thickness of the nanofiber mat in real time using the Beer-Lambert law. Thickness feedback control was achieved by repeating the following sequences: (1) finding an optimal position of the movable collector based on the measured thickness of the nanofiber mat, (2) shifting the collector to an optimal position, and (3) performing electrospinning for a given time step. We found that the suggested thickness feedback control algorithm could significantly decrease the non-uniformity of the nanofiber mat by reducing the standard deviation by more than 8 and 3 times for the numerical simulation and experiments, respectively, when compared with the conventional electrospinning. As a pioneering research, this study will contribute to the development of an electrospinning system to produce robust and reliable nanofiber mats in many research and industrial fields such as biomedicine, environment, and energy.

摘要

静电纺丝是一种简单通用的方法,用于生产纳米纤维并将其收集成纳米纤维垫。然而,由于弯曲不稳定性,静电纺丝通常会产生厚度不均匀的纳米纤维垫。在这项研究中,我们开发了一种基于实时厚度测量和厚度反馈控制的可移动收集器的均匀厚度静电纺纳米纤维垫(UTEN)生产系统。该系统与具有空隙区域的收集器(例如网格型收集器、双平行金属板收集器和环型收集器)兼容,便于在静电纺丝过程中测量穿过所生产的纳米纤维垫的光透射率。开发了一个实时测量系统,使用 Beer-Lambert 定律实时测量光透射率并将其转换为纳米纤维垫的厚度。通过重复以下序列来实现厚度反馈控制:(1)根据纳米纤维垫的测量厚度找到可移动收集器的最佳位置,(2)将收集器移动到最佳位置,以及(3)进行给定时间步长的静电纺丝。我们发现,与传统静电纺丝相比,所提出的厚度反馈控制算法可以通过将标准偏差降低 8 倍以上和 3 倍以上,显著降低纳米纤维垫的不均匀性,无论是数值模拟还是实验。作为一项开创性的研究,这项研究将有助于开发用于生物医学、环境和能源等许多研究和工业领域的稳健可靠的纳米纤维垫的静电纺丝系统。

https://cdn.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/blobs/b8c1/7705742/bd4c51bce777/41598_2020_77985_Fig1_HTML.jpg

文献AI研究员

20分钟写一篇综述,助力文献阅读效率提升50倍

立即体验

用中文搜PubMed

大模型驱动的PubMed中文搜索引擎

马上搜索