A Sulfur Copolymers (SDIB)/Polybenzoxazines (PBz) Polymer Blend for Electrospinning of Nanofibers
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Synthesis of SDIB via Inverse Vulcanization Process
2.3. Preparation of Polymer Blend
2.4. Electrospinning of Polymer Blend
2.5. Characterization of Electrospun Nanofiber Mat
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Preparation of Polymer Blend
3.2. Electrospinning of Polymer Blend
3.3. SEM-EDX of Electrospun Nanofibers
3.4. FTIR Spectroscopy
3.5. Thermal Property
3.6. Water Contact Angle
3.7. Solubility
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Polymer Blend | Applied Voltage, kV | |||||
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10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | |
SDIB/PBz-0 | ⁄ 1 | |||||
SDIB/PBz-5 | x 2 | x | x | ⁄ | ||
SDIB/PBz-10 | x | x | x | x | x | ⁄ |
Sample | Solvent | Solubility |
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ES-SDIB/PBz-0 | DMF, DMSO, DMAc, Ethanol | Insoluble |
ES-SDIB/PBz-5 | DMF, DMSO, DMAc, Ethanol | Insoluble |
ES-SDIB/PBz-10 | DMF, DMSO, DMAc, Ethanol | Insoluble |
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Parreño, R.P., Jr.; Liu, Y.-L.; Beltran, A.B. A Sulfur Copolymers (SDIB)/Polybenzoxazines (PBz) Polymer Blend for Electrospinning of Nanofibers. Nanomaterials 2019, 9, 1526. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9111526
Parreño RP Jr., Liu Y-L, Beltran AB. A Sulfur Copolymers (SDIB)/Polybenzoxazines (PBz) Polymer Blend for Electrospinning of Nanofibers. Nanomaterials. 2019; 9(11):1526. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9111526
Chicago/Turabian StyleParreño, Ronaldo P., Jr., Ying-Ling Liu, and Arnel B. Beltran. 2019. "A Sulfur Copolymers (SDIB)/Polybenzoxazines (PBz) Polymer Blend for Electrospinning of Nanofibers" Nanomaterials 9, no. 11: 1526. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9111526