Electrospinning Biopolymers from Ionic Liquids Requires Control of Different Solution Properties than Volatile Organic Solvents
Abstract
Here, we report the correlation between key solution properties and spinability of chitin from the ionic liquid (IL) 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate ([C2mim][OAc]), and the similarities and differences to electrospinning solutions of non-ionic polymers in volatile organic compounds (VOCs). We found that when electrospinning is conducted from ILs, conductivity and surface tension are not the key parameters regulating spinability, while solution viscosity and polymer concentration are. Contrarily, for electrospinning of polymers from VOCs, solution conductivity and viscosity have been reported to be among some of the most important factors controlling fiber formation. For chitin electrospun from [C2mim][OAc], we found both a critical chitin concentration required for continuous fiber formation (> 0.20 wt%) and a required viscosity for the spinning solution (between ca. 450 – 1500 cP). The high viscosities of the biopolymer-IL solutions made it possible to electrospin solutions with low, less than 1 wt% of polymer concentration and produce thin fibers without the need to adjust the electrospinning parameters. These results suggest new prospects for the control of fiber architecture in non-woven mats, which is crucial for materials performance.
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, United States
- 525 Solutions, Inc., 720 Second Street, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35401, United States
- CFM Group, LLC, 2135 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35401, United States
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, United States; 525 Solutions, Inc., 720 Second Street, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35401, United States; Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B8, Canada
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- The Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (United States); McGill Univ., Montreal, QC (Canada); 525 Solutions, Inc., Tuscaloosa, AL (United States); Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE); USDOE Office of Science (SC)
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- 525 Solutions, Inc.
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- 1361565
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- OSTI ID: 1353372; OSTI ID: 1508247; OSTI ID: 1508248; OSTI ID: 1592731; OSTI ID: 1592733
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- ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
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- Journal Name: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Journal Volume: 5 Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2168-0485
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- American Chemical Society (ACS)
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- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; chitin; biomass; surface tension; conductivity; 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate; Chitin, Biomass, Surface tension, Conductivity, 1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate
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Zavgorodnya, Oleksandra, Shamshina, Julia L., Bonner, Jonathan R., and Rogers, Robin D. Electrospinning Biopolymers from Ionic Liquids Requires Control of Different Solution Properties than Volatile Organic Solvents. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b00863.
Zavgorodnya, Oleksandra, Shamshina, Julia L., Bonner, Jonathan R., & Rogers, Robin D. Electrospinning Biopolymers from Ionic Liquids Requires Control of Different Solution Properties than Volatile Organic Solvents. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b00863
Zavgorodnya, Oleksandra, Shamshina, Julia L., Bonner, Jonathan R., and Rogers, Robin D. Thu .
"Electrospinning Biopolymers from Ionic Liquids Requires Control of Different Solution Properties than Volatile Organic Solvents". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b00863.
@article{osti_1361565,
title = {Electrospinning Biopolymers from Ionic Liquids Requires Control of Different Solution Properties than Volatile Organic Solvents},
author = {Zavgorodnya, Oleksandra and Shamshina, Julia L. and Bonner, Jonathan R. and Rogers, Robin D.},
abstractNote = {Here, we report the correlation between key solution properties and spinability of chitin from the ionic liquid (IL) 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate ([C2mim][OAc]), and the similarities and differences to electrospinning solutions of non-ionic polymers in volatile organic compounds (VOCs). We found that when electrospinning is conducted from ILs, conductivity and surface tension are not the key parameters regulating spinability, while solution viscosity and polymer concentration are. Contrarily, for electrospinning of polymers from VOCs, solution conductivity and viscosity have been reported to be among some of the most important factors controlling fiber formation. For chitin electrospun from [C2mim][OAc], we found both a critical chitin concentration required for continuous fiber formation (> 0.20 wt%) and a required viscosity for the spinning solution (between ca. 450 – 1500 cP). The high viscosities of the biopolymer-IL solutions made it possible to electrospin solutions with low, less than 1 wt% of polymer concentration and produce thin fibers without the need to adjust the electrospinning parameters. These results suggest new prospects for the control of fiber architecture in non-woven mats, which is crucial for materials performance.},
doi = {10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b00863},
journal = {ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering},
number = 6,
volume = 5,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Apr 27 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Thu Apr 27 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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