Cellulose Acetate Modified Titanium Dioxide (TiO 2) Nanoparticles Electrospun Composite Membranes: Fabrication and Characterization

摘要

AbstractHybrid membranes from Cellulose Acetate (CA) and titanium oxide (TiO2) nanoparticles were fabricated using electrospinning technique. The electrospun hybrid membranes were characterized using field emission scanning electron microscopy, high energy electrons of the energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction patterns, atomic force microscopy, zeta potential (ζ), and thermo gravimetric analysis. The impact of TiO2contents on the electrospun membranes matrix was studied in detail. All these characterization results indicated that TiO2were uniformly distributed within the CA electrospun membrane’s matrix. The addition of TiO2caused formation of largely interconnected fiber networks which in turn have a positive effect on the enhancement of the membrane pore structures. As the amount of TiO2addition was raised from 0 to 6.5?wt%, the entanglements of the fibers and the spider-net like network among fibers were increased.]]>