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Li H, Zhang H, Hu JJ, Wang GF, Cui JQ, Zhang YF, Zhen Q. Facile Preparation of Hydrophobic PLA/PBE Micro-Nanofiber Fabrics via the Melt-Blown Process for High-Efficacy Oil/Water Separation. Polymers (Basel) 2022; 14:polym14091667. [PMID: 35566835 PMCID: PMC9104379 DOI: 10.3390/polym14091667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2022] [Revised: 04/14/2022] [Accepted: 04/18/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Polylactic acid (PLA) micro-nanofiber fabrics with a large specific surface area and excellent biodegradability are commonly used in oil/water separation; however, challenges remain due to their poor mechanical properties. Herein, a thermoplastic polylactic acid/propylene-based elastomer (PLA/PBE) polymer was prepared by blending PLA with PBE. Then, PLA/PBE micro-nanofiber fabrics were successfully prepared using a melt-blown process. The results show that the PLA/PBE micro-nanofiber fabric has a three-dimensional porous structure, improving the thermal stability and fluidity of the PLA/PBE blended polymers. The PLA/PBE micro-nanofiber fabric demonstrated a significantly reduced average fiber diameter and an enhanced breaking strength. Moreover, the water contact angle of the prepared samples is 134°, which suggests a hydrophobic capacity. The oil absorption rate of the fabric can reach 10.34, demonstrating excellent oil/water separation performance. The successful preparation of PLA/PBE micro-nanofiber fabrics using our new method paves the way for the large-scale production of promising candidates for high-efficacy oil/water separation applications.
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Affiliation(s)
- Han Li
- School of Textile, Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 451191, China; (H.L.); (Y.-F.Z.)
- Henan Key Laboratory of Medical Polymer Materials Technology and Application, No. 1 Yangze Road, Xinxiang 453400, China; (G.-F.W.); (J.-Q.C.); (Q.Z.)
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- School of Textile, Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 451191, China; (H.L.); (Y.-F.Z.)
- Henan Key Laboratory of Medical Polymer Materials Technology and Application, No. 1 Yangze Road, Xinxiang 453400, China; (G.-F.W.); (J.-Q.C.); (Q.Z.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-156-3902-5712
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- Shanghai Earntz Nonwoven Co., Ltd., No. 88, Jiangong Road, Jinshan District, Shanghai 201501, China;
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Medical Polymer Materials Technology and Application, No. 1 Yangze Road, Xinxiang 453400, China; (G.-F.W.); (J.-Q.C.); (Q.Z.)
- Henan Tuoren Medical Device Co., Ltd., Tuoren Industrial Zone, No. 1 Yangze Road, Xinxiang 453400, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Medical Polymer Materials Technology and Application, No. 1 Yangze Road, Xinxiang 453400, China; (G.-F.W.); (J.-Q.C.); (Q.Z.)
- Henan Tuoren Medical Device Co., Ltd., Tuoren Industrial Zone, No. 1 Yangze Road, Xinxiang 453400, China
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- School of Textile, Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 451191, China; (H.L.); (Y.-F.Z.)
- Henan Key Laboratory of Medical Polymer Materials Technology and Application, No. 1 Yangze Road, Xinxiang 453400, China; (G.-F.W.); (J.-Q.C.); (Q.Z.)
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Medical Polymer Materials Technology and Application, No. 1 Yangze Road, Xinxiang 453400, China; (G.-F.W.); (J.-Q.C.); (Q.Z.)
- School of Clothing, Zhongyuan University of Technology, No. 1 Huaihe Road, Zhengzhou 451191, China
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Chen L, Nie Q, Hu T, Bennett P, Zheng Z, Yang Q, Liu D. Hydrophobic recovery of femtosecond laser processed silicone rubber insulator surfaces. J Appl Polym Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/app.50835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Lie Chen
- Laser Group, School of Mechanical Engineering Hubei University of Technology Wuhan China
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- Laser Group, School of Mechanical Engineering Hubei University of Technology Wuhan China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Green Materials for Light Industry, School of Materials and Chemical Engineering Hubei University of Technology Wuhan China
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- Laser Group, School of Mechanical Engineering Hubei University of Technology Wuhan China
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- Laser Group, School of Mechanical Engineering Hubei University of Technology Wuhan China
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- Laser Group, School of Mechanical Engineering Hubei University of Technology Wuhan China
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- Laser Group, School of Mechanical Engineering Hubei University of Technology Wuhan China
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Guan G, Yu C, Fang X, Guidoin R, King MW, Wang H, Wang L. Exploration into practical significance of integral water permeability of textile vascular grafts. J Appl Biomater Funct Mater 2021; 19:22808000211014007. [PMID: 34223772 DOI: 10.1177/22808000211014007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Water permeability of textile vascular grafts has been considered as a key indicator for predicting blood permeability after implantation. However, a correlation between water and blood permeability has not been established yet. Therefore, even though the water permeability of a vascular graft can be tested according to the standard ISO 7198, the results fail to guide a manufacturer or a surgeon to judge whether this vascular graft needs pre-clotting or not prior to implantation. As a result, all commercial graft products show almost zero water permeability, which leads to the loss of advantages that textile vascular grafts have the pore size-controlled porous wall. To solve this problem, four types of woven vascular grafts were designed and manufactured in the present work. Then their permeability to water, simulated plasma, and anticoagulated whole blood were measured at graded pressures from 8 to 16 kPa. Moreover, the correlations among the water permeability, the simulated plasma permeability, and the anticoagulated whole blood permeability were established. The results suggest that relatively steady correlations exist between the water permeability and the anticoagulated whole blood permeability, and that the evaluation of the blood permeability using the water permeability is feasible and objective. The present work provides a quantitative method for evaluating the blood permeability using the water permeability, and the latter is thus endowed with practical significance for guiding designs and clinical pre-clotting operations of textiles vascular grafts.
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- Guoping Guan
- Engineering Research Center of Technical Textiles of Ministry of Education, College of Textiles, Donghua University, Shanghai, China.,Key Laboratory of Textile Science & Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Textiles, Donghua University, Shanghai, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Technical Textiles of Ministry of Education, College of Textiles, Donghua University, Shanghai, China.,Key Laboratory of Textile Science & Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Textiles, Donghua University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Textile Science & Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Textiles, Donghua University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Textile Science & Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Textiles, Donghua University, Shanghai, China.,Department of Surgery, Université Laval and Centre de Recherche du CHU de Quebec, Quebec, QC, Canada
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- Key Laboratory of Textile Science & Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Textiles, Donghua University, Shanghai, China.,College of Textiles, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, USA
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- Engineering Research Center of Technical Textiles of Ministry of Education, College of Textiles, Donghua University, Shanghai, China.,Key Laboratory of Textile Science & Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Textiles, Donghua University, Shanghai, China
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Effect of surface roughness on the collision dynamics of water drops on wood. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2020.125989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Castro LDC, Larocca NM, Pessan LA. Effect of Structural Features on the Superhydrophobicity of SiO 2-Based Coatings. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:124-131. [PMID: 33347758 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c02598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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A detailed correlation between topographical features and wettability of chemically modified coatings based on silica nanoparticles (SiO2) was performed. In this study, hierarchical structures were prepared by the layer-by-layer (LbL) technique using two different approaches: random roughened surfaces were obtained by exploring stacking defects spontaneously arisen after 15, 30, and 45 assembly cycles of 22 nm SiO2, and a particular structure, commonly known as raspberry-like, was obtained by depositing 22 nm SiO2 over the first deposited 400 nm SiO2. As an intrinsic attribute of the assembly process, the average slope of random roughened surfaces seems to be constant and virtually independent of the number of deposited layers. Additionally, the local slopes are always lower than a critical value (Φcrit) required to stabilize the solid-liquid-air interface; thus, a fully wetted Wenzel state is invariably observed with water contact angles (WCAs) ∼130°. On the other hand, since the local slopes of the raspberry-like structure follow a nearly spherical curvature, small SiO2 can stabilize the solid-liquid-air interface by increasing the local contact angle and avoid the deep penetration of water into the surface asperities, resulting in a WCA ∼167°. The results also suggest that nanoroughness might also play an important role in the pinning effect of the solid-liquid-air contact line, favoring the maintenance of superhydrophobicity of raspberry-like surfaces.
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- Lucas D C Castro
- Graduate Program in Materials Science and Engineering, Federal University of São Carlos, via Washington Luiz, Km 235, 13565-905 São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Materials Science and Engineering, Federal University of São Carlos, via Washington Luiz, Km 235, 13565-905 São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Materials Science and Engineering, Federal University of São Carlos, via Washington Luiz, Km 235, 13565-905 São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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Helseth LE. The Influence of Microscale Surface Roughness on Water-Droplet Contact Electrification. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:8268-8275. [PMID: 31142118 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b00988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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When water comes in contact with a hydrophobic fluoropolymer, a triboelectric charge tends to form on the surface. Here, it is investigated how the triboelectric charge formed upon contact with water drops depends on the microscale surface statistics of the polymer. In particular, it is found that the transition to a superhydrophobic fakir state results in a considerable reduction in triboelectric contact charge, due to a reduced liquid?solid contact area. Thus, when processing charge-sensitive electronic systems one may want to utilize such surfaces promoting reduced tribocharging. This also has implications for energy harvesting purposes, where one may collect electrical energy by letting water droplets move on the polymer with an interdigitated current-collecting electrode on its back side. In such a situation, it is observed that the surfaces promoting the superhydrophobic fakir state give rise to larger water droplet velocities and smaller collected charge, which explains the need for careful assessment of surface treatment before applying microstructured polymers for water droplet energy harvesting.
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- L E Helseth
- Department of Physics and Technology , University of Bergen , Allegaten 55, 5020 Bergen , Norway
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