title: Scalable liquid shear-driven fabrication of polymer nanofibers.
abstract: A simple process for batch or continuous formation of polymer nanofibers and other nanomaterials in the bulk of a sheared fluid medium is introduced. The process may be of high value to commercial nanotechnology, as it can be easily scaled up to the fabrication of staple nanofibers at rates that may exceed tens of kilograms per hour.
authors: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27606, USA; Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0FS, UK.
authors: Stoyan K
authors: SK
authors: Smoukov
authors: Tian
authors: T
authors: Tian
authors: Narendiran
authors: N
authors: Vitchuli
authors: Sumit
authors: S
authors: Gangwal
authors: Pete
authors: P
authors: Geisen
authors: Miles
authors: M
authors: Wright
authors: Eunkyoung
authors: E
authors: Shim
authors: Manuel
authors: M
authors: Marquez
authors: Jeffrey
authors: J
authors: Fowler
authors: Orlin D
authors: OD
authors: Velev
mesh_terms: D002725:Chloroform / Q000737:chemistry; D000431:Ethanol / Q000737:chemistry; D005990:Glycerol / Q000737:chemistry; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D058185:Magnetite Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry; D057139:Nanofibers / Q000737:chemistry*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D011091:Polyesters; D011108:Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D012972:Sodium Hydroxide / Q000737:chemistry; D012997:Solvents / Q000737:chemistry; D014783:Viscosity; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D058185:Magnetite Nanoparticles; D011091:Polyesters; D011108:Polymers; D012997:Solvents; D014867:Water; D019344:Lactic Acid; D000431:Ethanol; C033616:poly(lactide); D012972:Sodium Hydroxide; D002725:Chloroform; D005990:Glycerol
keywords: antisolvents; composite nanofibers; liquid shearing; nanofibers; nanoribbons