UV polymerization of hydrodynamically shaped fibers.

abstract

• Most natural and man-made fibers have circular cross-sections; thus the properties of materials composed of non-circular fibers are largely unexplored. We demonstrate the technology for fabricating fibers with predetermined cross-sectional shape. Passive hydrodynamic focusing and UV polymerization of a shaped acrylate stream produced metre-long fibers for structural and mechanical characterization.

authors

• Ligler, Frances

published proceedings

• Lab Chip

author list (cited authors)

• Thangawng, A. L., Howell, P. B., Spillmann, C. M., Naciri, J., & Ligler, F. S.

complete list of authors

• Thangawng, Abel L||Howell, Peter B||Spillmann, Christopher M||Naciri, Jawad||Ligler, Frances S

publisher

• Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)  Publisher

published in

• Lab on a Chip  Journal

keywords

• 40 Engineering
• 4016 Materials Engineering

PubMed Central ID

• 21246152

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1039/c0lc00392a

start page

• 1157

end page

• 1160

volume

• 11

issue

• 6