Fluid‐Induced Alignment of Carbon Nanofibers in Polymer Fibers
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Carbon nanofiber/polycaprolactone (CNF/PCL) composite fibers are fabricated using a microfluidic approach. The fibers are made with different content levels of CNFs and flow rate ratios between the core and sheath fluids. The electrical conductivity and tensile properties of these fibers are then investigated. It is found that at a CNF concentration of 3 wt%, the electrical conductivity of the composite fiber significantly increases to 1.11 S m−1. The yield strength, Young's modulus, and ultimate strength of the 3 wt% CNF increase relative to the pure PCL by factors of 1.72, 2.88, and 1.23, respectively. Additionally, the results show that a microfluidic approach can be considered as an effective method to align CNFs along the fibers in the longitudinal direction.
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This is the peer-reviewed version of the following article: Lu, Mingchang, Farrokh Sharifi, Nicole N. Hashemi, and Reza Montazami. "Fluid‐Induced Alignment of Carbon Nanofibers in Polymer Fibers." Macromolecular Materials and Engineering 302, no. 7 (2017): 1600544, which has been published in final form at DOI: 10.1002/mame.201600544. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. Posted with permission.