A systematic study of maghemite/PMMA nano-fibrous composite via an electrospinning process: Synthesis and characterization |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Centre of Advanced Materials, Department of Mechanical, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia;1. Faculty of Physics, University “Alexandru Ioan Cuza”, Carol I Bulevard, Nr.11, 700506 Iasi, Romania;2. Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Calabria, Via P. Bucci, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende, Cosenza, Italy;3. Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry “Petru Poni”, Aleea Grigore Ghica Voda, nr. 41A, 700487 Iasi, Romania;4. National Institute for Research and Development of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies, 65-103 Donath Str., 400293 Cluj-Napoca 5, Romania;1. Department of Physics, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur 440010, India;2. Department of Physics, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur 440033, India;1. Key Laboratory of Bio-based Material Science and Technology (Ministry of Education), Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, PR China;2. Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, P.O. Box 16300, FIN-00076, Aalto, Espoo, Finland |
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| Abstract: | In this study, maghemite/PMMA nano-fibrous composites have been successfully fabricated by using the electrospinning process. PMMA nano-fibres have been selected to be used as the matrix; the PMMA was dissolved in three diverse solvents (Acetone, THF and DMF) in order to obtain fine PMMA nano-fibres. As a result, the PMMA–DMF proved to be the most appropriate polymer solution among the three solvents, with its impressive defect-free surface morphology results. The production of maghemite using Massart’s procedure resulted in nano-particles with an average diameter of 4.98 ± 0.13 nm (using transmission electron microscopy (TEM)). Maghemite nano-particle were then mixed with a prepared polymer solution in order to fabricate maghemite/PMMA nano-fibrous composite. Furthermore, the investigation of the morphology and structure of the composite was carried out using field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), Energy-dispersion X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), Alternating Gradient Magnetometer (AGM), Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and tensile strength measurement devices. The results indicated that there was a great amount of maghemite, both in and on the composite’s surface, which can be utilized in the purpose of magnetic applications. |
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| Keywords: | Electrospinning Maghemite Polymethyl Methacrylate (PMMA) Nano-fibres Composite Magnetic particle Fabrication and characterization |
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