TY  - EJOU
AU  - Tian, Dan 
AU  - Yu, Danni 
AU  - He, Chunhui 

TI  - Macromolecule’s Orientation in a Nanofiber by Bubble Electrospinning
T2  - Fluid Dynamics \& Materials Processing

PY  - 2021
VL  - 17
IS  - 4
SN  - 1555-2578

AB  - In the search for sustainable alternatives to harmful synthetic fibers, an increasing amount of research focuses on biomimicry and natural fibers. Sea silk is an exceptional textile material. It is a kind of natural silk produced using the long silky filaments secreted by a specific bivalve mollusk (<i>Pinna nobilis</i>); now at edge of extinction. This paper suggests a simple but effective way to prepare artificial sea silk from <i>Mytilus edulis</i>. A sea silk solution is prepared using a <i>Mytilus edulis</i> protein, and a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) solution is mixed with the sea silk solution in order to produce artificial sea silk through a bubble electrospinning technique. The effects of the sea silk concentration on the nanofiber’s morphology and mechanical properties are studied experimentally.
KW  - Mollusk; sea-silk solution; collagenous fibers; bubble electrospinning

DO  - 10.32604/fdmp.2021.014290