scholarly journals Investigation of the Influence of PLA Molecular Structure on the Crystalline Forms (α’ and α) and Mechanical Properties of Wet Spinning Fibres

Polymers ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michał Puchalski ◽  
Sylwia Kwolek ◽  
Grzegorz Szparaga ◽  
Michał Chrzanowski ◽  
Izabella Krucińska
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Structure ◽  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Wet Spinning ◽  
Crystalline Forms

scholarly journals Cribellate thread production as model for spider’s spinneret kinematics

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margret Weissbach ◽  
Marius Neugebauer ◽  
Anna-Christin Joel
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Structure ◽  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Fibre Type ◽  
Material Science ◽  
Spider Silk ◽  
Functional Unit ◽  
Material Strength ◽  
Spinning Process ◽  
Fibre Spinning ◽  
House Spider

AbstractSpider silk attracts researchers from the most diverse fields, such as material science or medicine. However, still little is known about silk aside from its molecular structure and material strength. Spiders produce many different silks and even join several silk types to one functional unit. In cribellate spiders, a complex multi-fibre system with up to six different silks affects the adherence to the prey. The assembly of these cribellate capture threads influences the mechanical properties as each fibre type absorbs forces specifically. For the interplay of fibres, spinnerets have to move spatially and come into contact with each other at specific points in time. However, spinneret kinematics are not well described though highly sophisticated movements are performed which are in no way inferior to the movements of other flexible appendages. We describe here the kinematics for the spinnerets involved in the cribellate spinning process of the grey house spider, Badumna longinqua, as an example of spinneret kinematics in general. With this information, we set a basis for understanding spinneret kinematics in other spinning processes of spiders and additionally provide inspiration for biomimetic multiple fibre spinning.

scholarly journals Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Nanocellulose: Structure and Chemical Process

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. V. Lee ◽  
S. B. A. Hamid ◽  
S. K. Zain
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Structure ◽  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Lignocellulosic Biomass ◽  
Chemical Process ◽  
Catalyst Design ◽  
Natural Resistance ◽  
Cellulose Crystallinity ◽  
Biomass Recalcitrance ◽  
Cellulose Accessibility ◽  
High Cellulose

Lignocellulosic biomass is a complex biopolymer that is primary composed of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin. The presence of cellulose in biomass is able to depolymerise into nanodimension biomaterial, with exceptional mechanical properties for biocomposites, pharmaceutical carriers, and electronic substrate’s application. However, the entangled biomass ultrastructure consists of inherent properties, such as strong lignin layers, low cellulose accessibility to chemicals, and high cellulose crystallinity, which inhibit the digestibility of the biomass for cellulose extraction. This situation offers both challenges and promises for the biomass biorefinery development to utilize the cellulose from lignocellulosic biomass. Thus, multistep biorefinery processes are necessary to ensure the deconstruction of noncellulosic content in lignocellulosic biomass, while maintaining cellulose product for further hydrolysis into nanocellulose material. In this review, we discuss the molecular structure basis for biomass recalcitrance, reengineering process of lignocellulosic biomass into nanocellulose via chemical, and novel catalytic approaches. Furthermore, review on catalyst design to overcome key barriers regarding the natural resistance of biomass will be presented herein.

Design for dynamic hydrogen bonding in a double network structure to improve the mechanical properties of sodium alginate fibers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Yan ◽  
Junfeng Shi ◽  
Song Tang ◽  
Guohang Zhou ◽  
Jiexiang Zeng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Hydrogen Bonding ◽  
Sodium Alginate ◽  
Network Structure ◽  
Wet Spinning ◽  
Double Network ◽  
Alginate Fibers

The SA/PAA-VSNP fiber was obtained using dynamic wet spinning through dynamic hydrogen bonding in the double network structure.

Microstructure and Mechanical Behavior of CaCu3Ti4O12 Ceramics Hollow Fiber Prepared via Dry/Wet Spinning Method

2020 ◽  
Vol 1010 ◽  
pp. 239-243
Author(s):  
Mohsen Ahmadipour ◽  
Tunmise Ayode Otitoju ◽  
Mohammad Arjmand ◽  
Zainal Arifin Ahmad ◽  
Swee Yong Pung
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Hollow Fiber ◽  
Outer Layer ◽  
Pore Diameter ◽  
Hollow Fibers ◽  
Wet Spinning ◽  
Outer Diameter ◽  
Average Pore ◽  
Elongation At Break

Dry/wet method was used to prepare CaCuTi4O12 (CCTO) hollow fibers (HFs) and then the structural and physico-mechanical properties of HFs were characterized by XRD, FESEM, BET and tensile strength, respectively. The outer diameter and thickness of CCTO HFs were found to be 650 μm and 390 μm, respectively. A finger-like macrovoids and sponge-like was observed inside the membrane with a denser structure in the outer layer. It was observed that the crystallite size was increased from 28.5 nm to 37.0 nm while the average pore diameter was decreased from 34.65 nm to 29.16 nm in CCTO hollow fiber with 1.0 wt.% CCTO. In addition, the tensile strength of HFS was significantly improved from 4.84 MPa to 5.54 MPa and elongation at break was decreased from 6.97 % to 5.09 % which is ascribed to the reduction in porosity. All the results indicated the significant effect of CCTO content on properties of CCTO hollow fibers. The finding in this study could lead to a new direction to enhance the properties of HFS with potential application in membranes.

scholarly journals Hemocompatible Chitin-Chitosan Composite Fibers

Cosmetics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ekaterina N. Maevskaia ◽  
Oksana P. Kirichuk ◽  
Sergei I. Kuznetzov ◽  
Elena N. Dresvyanina ◽  
Vladimir V. Yudin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Optical Density ◽  
Human Blood ◽  
Wet Spinning ◽  
Composite Fibers ◽  
Prolonged Contact ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Chitosan Composite

Composite chitosan fibers filled with chitin nanofibrils (CNF) were obtained by the wet spinning method. The paper discusses the mechanical properties of such type fibers and their hemocompatibility, as well as the possibility of optimizing these properties by adding chitin nanofibrils. It was shown that low CNF concentration (about 0.5%) leads to an increase in fiber tensile strength due to the additional orientation of chitosan macromolecules. At the same time, with an increase in the content of CNF, the stability of the mechanical properties of composite fibers in a humid medium increases. All chitosan fibers, except 0.5% CNF, showed good hemocompatibility, even on prolonged contact with human blood. The addition of chitin nanofibers leads to decrease in hemoglobin molecules sorption due to the decline in optical density at wavelengths of 414 nm and 540 nm. Nevertheless, the hemolysis of fibers was comparable or even lesser that carbon hemosorbent, which is actively used in clinical practice.

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