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Abstract
The rheological properties of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide, PNIPAM) in dimethylformamide solvent were investigated and correlated with solution electrospinnability. The jet diameter was measured by using the light scattering technique during the electrospinning in the straight jet region prior to the jet whipping. The diameter of the straight jet end is independent of the solution concentration (or viscosity within the range of 15–2000 mPa·s). Thus, the final fiber diameter df observed on the grounded collector is dominantly controlled by the jet-whipping process. According to the present PNIPAM solution and other different polymer solutions, df is correlated with the solution concentration ϕ. A master curve is constructed by using the following equation: df/df,e = (ϕ/ϕe)2.5, where df,e is the diameter of the fibers electrospun from the solutions with an entanglement concentration of ϕe, above which the specific viscosity starts to increase with ϕ according to ϕ3.7 or ϕ4.7, depending upon the given polymer/...
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