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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
May. 16, 2012
Orlin D. Velev, Cary, NC (US);
Stoyan Smoukov, Skokie, IL (US);
Peter Geisen, Durham, NC (US);
Miles C. Wright, Raleigh, NC (US);
Sumit Gangwal, Morrisville, NC (US);
Orlin D. Velev, Cary, NC (US);
Stoyan Smoukov, Skokie, IL (US);
Peter Geisen, Durham, NC (US);
Miles C. Wright, Raleigh, NC (US);
Sumit Gangwal, Morrisville, NC (US);
North Carolina State University, Raliegh, NC (US);
Abstract
Nanofibers are fabricated in a continuous process by introducing a polymer solution into a dispersion medium, which flows through a conduit and shears the dispersion medium. Liquid strands, streaks or droplets of the polymer solution are continuously shear-spun into elongated fibers. An inorganic precursor may be introduced with the polymer solution, resulting in fibers that include inorganic fibrils. The resulting composite inorganic/polymer fibers may be provided as an end product. Alternatively, the polymer may be removed to liberate the inorganic fibrils, which may be of the same or smaller cross-section as the polymer fibers and may be provided as an end product.