Use of Inter‐Fibril Spaces Among Electrospun Fibrils as Ion‐Fixation and Nano‐Crystallization
Use of Inter‐Fibril Spaces Among Electrospun Fibrils as Ion‐Fixation and Nano‐Crystallization
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10.1002/9781119040392.ch4
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2015-01
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Y. Shirosaki;S. Hayakawa;Y. Nakamura;Hiroki Yoshihara;A. Osaka;Artemis Stamboulis
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Y. Shirosaki;S. Hayakawa;Y. Nakamura;Hiroki Yoshihara;A. Osaka;Artemis Stamboulis
In this study, dilute solution of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) with calcium, orthophosphate (HPO42−), or ferric ions was electrospun to provide e‐spun PVA mats. The E‐spinning system consisted of a syringe pump with a 22G syringe of 0.5 mm in diameter, cathode (Al foil covered steel plate of 10 cm‐square), and anode (the syringe), 15 cm above the cathode where an electric field 22 kV was loaded between those electrodes. An attempt has been proposed to employ the inter‐fibril spaces as nano‐ or micro‐reactor spaces. Cross‐linking of PVA fibrils with glutaraldehyde was found to squeeze the calcium and phosphate ions to form dicalcium phosphate dihydrate but to allow the vapor molecules or the accommodated ions to migrate among the fibrils. The basic conditions due to the exposure to ammonia vapor were essential to control the behavior of the metal ions, like the deposition of apatite. The present results can be extended to other precursor systems regardless of polymers or solvents, as far as they can accommodate inorganic ions and are permeable with vapors to modify chemical environment in the spun fibrils.