title: Quantitative relationship between electrospinning parameters and starch fiber diameter.
abstract: The diameter of the starch fibers produced by electrospinning is a key parameter for most potential applications. In this study, a quantitative relationship between fiber diameter and certain electrospinning parameters, i.e. starch concentration, applied voltage, spinning distance and feed rate, was established by empirical modeling using a fractional factorial experimental design in a constrained region. Response surface methodology was employed to analyze the interactions of the electrospinning parameters and predict the direction to minimize and maximize the fiber diameters.
authors: Department of Food Science, The Pennsylvania State University, 341 Food Science Building, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
authors: Lingyan
authors: L
authors: Kong
authors: Gregory R
authors: GR
authors: Ziegler
mesh_terms: D004560:Electricity; D055616:Microtechnology / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D013213:Starch / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D013213:Starch