翟飞玉同学论文在ACS Nano发表
A novel and facile strategy, combining anisotropic
micellization of amphiphilic crystalline-coil copolymer in water and re-assembly
during single
spinneret electrospinning, was developed for preparing nanofibers with very fine core-shell structure. Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and polyethylene glycol-block-poly(p-dioxanone) (PEG-b-PPDO)
were used as the shell and the crystallizable core layer,
respectively. The core-shell structure could be controllably produced by
altering concentration of PEG-b-PPDO, and the chain length
of the PPDO block. The morphology of the nanofibers was investigated by Transmission Electron
Microscope (TEM) and Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). X-ray rocking curve measurements were performed to investigate the degree of ordered alignment of the PPDO crystalline lamellae in the nano fiber. The results suggested that the morphology of nano
particles in spinning solution plays very important role in determining the
phase separation of nano fibers. The amphiphilic
PEG-b-PPDO copolymer self assembled into star anise-nano aggregates in water
solution induced by the crystallization of PPDO blocks. When incorporated with
PVA, the interaction between PVA and PEG-b-PPDO caused a morphological
transition of the nano aggregates from star anise to small flake. For
flake-like particles, their flat surface is in favor of compact stacking of
PPDO crystalline lamellae and interfusion of amorphous PPDO in the core of nano
fibers, leading to a relatively ordered alignment of PPDO crystalline lamellae and
well defined core-shell phase separation. However, for star anise-like nano
aggregates, their multi-branched morphology may inevitably prohibit the compact
interfusion of PPDO phase, resulting in a random micro-phase separation.