Document Type
Article
Original Publication Date
2003
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Applied Physics Letters
Volume
83
Issue
3
DOI
10.1063/1.1594283
Date of Submission
April 2015
Abstract
Polymer fiber interconnects were produced between microscale features on a substrate using only electrostatic forces. Electric-field-driven directed growth of nanoscale carboxymethylcellulose fibers was achieved between microscale droplets of a concentrated polymer solution. The fibers were studied using atomic force and scanning electron microscopy and were observed to emerge from the tip of conical protrusions formed at the surface of the droplets. The conical structures appear to be analogous to the characteristic Taylor cones formed in an electrospinning process and the process is interpreted as a microscale version of electrospinning requiring significantly lower driving potentials.
Rights
Kessick, R. and Tepper, G.C. Microscale electrospinning of polymer nanofiber interconnections. Applied Physics Letters, 83, 557 (2003). Copyright © 2003 AIP Publishing LLC.
Is Part Of
VCU Chemical and Life Science Engineering Publications
Comments
Originally published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1594283