TY - JOUR
TI - Research on morphologies of polyvinyl alcohol/milk nanofibers
AU - Zhang Yan
AU - Zhang Chuan-Zheng
AU - Liu Fu-Juan
AU - Wang Fei-Yan
AU - Wang Ping
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2016
VL - 20
IS - 3
SP - 961
EP - 966
PT - Article
AB - In this paper, the surface morphologies of polyvinyl alcohol/milk nanofibers  produced via electrospinning technique were investigated. The electrospinning  process was performed at various processing parameters (flow rate, applied  voltage) and different polyvinyl acetate to milk ratios (100/0, 90/10, 80/20,  70/30, and 60/40). The scanning electron microscopy and Image J software were  used to characterize the surface morphologies, especially the diameter  distribution of electro spun nanofibers. The results of scanning electron  microscopy show that the diameter of polyvinyl acetate/milk nanofibers  increases with the increase of the spinning speed and spinning voltage but  decreases with the increase of the weight percentage of milk in the spinning  solution. The potential applications of this bicomponent nanofibers are  numerous and diverse. The research results in present paper can contribute to  better control of the electrospinning process and thus expanding the  applicabilities, such as dressings for wound healing in sports.