Aqueous media electrospinning of wheat gluten fibers

PMSE 318

Jing Dong, jing.dong@uconn.edu1, Rebecca Dicharry1, Richard S. Parnas, rparnas@ims.uconn.edu2, and Alexandru D. Asandei, asandei@ims.uconn.edu3. (1) Department of Chemical, Materials and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, (2) Institute of Materials Science and Department of Chemical, Materials and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Connecticut, 97 N. Eagleville Road, IMS, U-3136, Storrs, CT 06269-3136, (3) Institute of Materials Science and Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, 97 North Eagleville Road, Storrs, CT 06269
Wheat gluten fibers were electrospun from a 10% w/v, 1/1 water/1-propanol solution to afford flat, ribbon-like fibers with diameters less than 1μm and with limited bead formation. While fibers with comparable properties could also be electrospun from hexafloropropanol, the water/1-propanol system provides advantages associated with more convenience and lower price.

 

Joint PMSE/POLY Poster Session
6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Tuesday, 12 September 2006 Moscone Center -- Hall D, Poster

Division of Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering

The 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 10-14, 2006