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High pairing rate Janus-structured microfibers and array: high-efficiency conjugate electrospinning fabrication,
Jiao Tian1, Qianli Ma1, Wensheng Yu1
1Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry and Nanotechnology at Universities of Jilin Province, Changchun University of Science and Technology Changchun 130022 China dongxiangting888@163.com maqianlimail@163.com +86 0431 85383815 +86 0431 85582575.
Abstract:
A highly efficient and convenient conjugate electrospinning technique is employed to obtain high pairing rate Janus-structured microfibers in electrospun products by optimizing the spinning conditions. In addition, a Janus-structured microfiber array rendering tri-functional performance of tunable magnetism, electrically anisotropic conduction and increased fluorescence is prepared via the same technique using a rotating device as a fiber collector. The array is composed of an ordered arrangement of Janus-structured microfibers. The extraordinary Janus structure and oriented arrangement endow the Janus-structured microfibers with excellent fluorescence. The fluorescence intensity of the Janus-structured microfiber array is, respectively, 1.21, 14.3 and 20.3 times higher than that of the Janus-structured microfiber non-array, the composite microfiber array and the composite microfiber non-array. The Janus-structured microfiber array has a similar saturation magnetization to the contradistinctive specimens. Additionally, the magnetism of the Janus-structured microfiber array can be modulated with different mass ratios of Fe3O4 nanoparticles (NPs), and the conductance ratio between the length direction and diameter direction of the Janus-structured microfibers for the array can be tuned from 103 to 106 by adding a higher percentage of polyaniline (PANI). Our new findings have established a highly efficient conjugate electrospinning technique to prepare Janus-structured microfibers of high pairing rate, and complete isolation of fluorescent material from magnetic nanoparticles and conductive material is accomplished in the Janus-structured microfibers to ensure high fluorescence intensity without a notably disadvantageous influence of dark-colored substances. More importantly, the fabrication technique for the Janus-structured microfibers can be generalized to manufacture other Janus-structured multifunctional materials.
