Stimulus-responsive shrinkage in electrospun membranes: fundamentals and control

• Main Authors: Fang, Feiyu, Wang, Han, Wang, Huaquan, Huang, Wei Min, Chen, Yahui, Cai, Nian, Chen, Xindu, Chen, Xin
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering; Electrospinning; Shrinkage
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159392
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Shrinkage is observed in many electrospun membranes. The stretched conformation of the macromolecular chains has been proposed as the possible cause. However, so far, our understanding of the fundamentals is still qualitative and cannot provide much help in the shrinkage control. In this paper, base...