TY  - EJOU
AU  - Mujica-Garcia, Alicia 
AU  - Navarro-Baena, Iván 
AU  - Kenny, José Maria 
AU  - Peponi, Laura 

TI  - Influence of the Processing Parameters on the  Electrospinning of Biopolymeric Fibers
T2  - Journal of Renewable Materials

PY  - 2014
VL  - 2
IS  - 1
SN  - 2164-6341

AB  - The main aim of this research is the production of different biopolymeric fi bers by electrospinning and the 
determination of the optimum working parameters for each polymer analyzed. In particular, three different 
biopolymers have been studied: poly(lactic acid) (PLA), poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) and a synthesized 
poly(ester-urethane) based on a synthesized PLA-b-PCL-b-PLA tri-block copolymer. This research is focused 
on the analysis of the infl uence of the processing parameters, such as the concentration and fl ow-rate of the 
polymer solution and the applied voltage, as well as the physico-chemical properties of the polymers used, 
on the fi ber formation and crystallization behavior. Therefore, the optimum working conditions for each 
polymer were determined and related to the fi nal properties of the electrospun fi bers in terms of geometry, 
homogeneous morphology and crystallinity.
KW  - PLA
KW  -  PCL
KW  -  crystallization
KW  -  electrospinning
KW  -  poly(ester-urethane)
KW  -  polymeric fi ber

DO  - 10.7569/JRM.2013.634130