TY - JOUR
TI - Polyvinyl alcohol/starch composite nanofibers by bubble electrospinning
AU - Liu Zhi
AU - He Ji-Huan
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2014
VL - 18
IS - 5
SP - 1473
EP - 1475
PT - Article
AB - Bubble electrospinning exhibits profound prospect of industrialization of  macro/ nano materials. Starch is the most abundant and inexpensive  biopolymer. With the drawbacks of poor strength, water resistibility, thermal  stability and processability of pure starch, some biodegradable synthetic  polymers such as poly (lactic acid), polyvinyl alcohol were composited to  electrospinning. To the best of our knowledge, composite nanofibers of  polyvinyl alcohol/starch from bubble electrospinning have never been  investigated. In the present study, nanofibers of polyvinyl alcohol/starch  were prepared from bubble electrospinning. The processability and the  morphology were affected by the weight ratio of polyvinyl alcohol and  starchy. The rheological studies were in agreement with the spinnability of  the electrospinning solutions.