Geometrical Characterization of Polyethylene Oxide Nanofibers by Atom Force Microscope and Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope
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FiberMad 11, International Conference on Fibrous Products in Medical and Health Care . Hrsg. / Paivi Talvenmaa. Tampere University of Technology, 2011.
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T1 - Geometrical Characterization of Polyethylene Oxide Nanofibers by Atom Force Microscope and Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope
AU - Fuhrhop, Carlos
AU - Georgiadis, Anthimos
N1 - Conference code: 11
PY - 2011/6/30
Y1 - 2011/6/30
N2 - The aim of our research is the development of a prototype of a Bionanosensor, which can detected the pathogens (virus, bacteria) in enclosed spaces (such as hospitals) in real time. The Polymers nanofibers act as sensing element of the Bionanosensor, therefore is important to investigate the geometrical, mechanical and electrical properties of it. The first objective of our work is to find the optimal electrospinning parameters to produce polymer fibers under 100 nm (nanofibers) and the geometrical characterization of it. These nanofibers are ideal as sensing element of the sensor, since the average size of a Virus is approximately 100 nm.In this paper we present the geometric properties of the nanofibers of polyethylene oxide (PEO) and the optimal parameters of electrospinning to produce them. We have deposited PEO nanofi-bers over a glass plate and used an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) and Confocal Laser Scan-ning Microscope (CLSM) to measure their topography. We are focusing on the measurement of the fiber´s diameter and the length. The cross section measurement by AFM reveals a height of 79.8 nm and width of 159.7 nm of the fibers. The electrospinning parameters to produce this fibers were; Voltage: 11KV, distance between electrodes: 20 cm, and Feed Rate: 0,008 ml/min. Fur-thermore we propose a size-correction model for the fiber under 100 nm.
AB - The aim of our research is the development of a prototype of a Bionanosensor, which can detected the pathogens (virus, bacteria) in enclosed spaces (such as hospitals) in real time. The Polymers nanofibers act as sensing element of the Bionanosensor, therefore is important to investigate the geometrical, mechanical and electrical properties of it. The first objective of our work is to find the optimal electrospinning parameters to produce polymer fibers under 100 nm (nanofibers) and the geometrical characterization of it. These nanofibers are ideal as sensing element of the sensor, since the average size of a Virus is approximately 100 nm.In this paper we present the geometric properties of the nanofibers of polyethylene oxide (PEO) and the optimal parameters of electrospinning to produce them. We have deposited PEO nanofi-bers over a glass plate and used an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) and Confocal Laser Scan-ning Microscope (CLSM) to measure their topography. We are focusing on the measurement of the fiber´s diameter and the length. The cross section measurement by AFM reveals a height of 79.8 nm and width of 159.7 nm of the fibers. The electrospinning parameters to produce this fibers were; Voltage: 11KV, distance between electrodes: 20 cm, and Feed Rate: 0,008 ml/min. Fur-thermore we propose a size-correction model for the fiber under 100 nm.
KW - Engineering
KW - Products in Medical and Health Care
M3 - Article in conference proceedings
SN - 978-952-15-2607-7
BT - FiberMad 11, International Conference on Fibrous Products in Medical and Health Care
A2 - Talvenmaa, Paivi
PB - Tampere University of Technology
T2 - 11th International Conference on Fibrous Products in Medical and Health Care - FiberMad 2011
Y2 - 28 June 2011 through 30 June 2011
ER -