Surface morphology of electrospun PLA fibers : mechanisms of pore formation

• Main Authors: Natarajan, Lakshmi, New, Jackie, Dasari, Aravind, Yu, Suzhu, Manan, Munirah Abdul
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Mechanical strength of materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/101870; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/24206
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The article elucidates the mechanisms of formation of varying degrees of surface pores/pits on polylactic acid (PLA) fibers during electrospinning. The role of a combination of different parameters in governing pore formation was demonstrated. They include solvent vapor pressure (pv), solvent miscib...