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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2019

Fabricating Fibers of a Porous-Polystyrene Shell and Particle-Loaded Core.

Dharneedar Ravichandran, Weiheng Xu, Rahul Franklin, Namrata Kanth, Sayli Jambhulkar, Sumedh Shukla, Kenan Song

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Dharneedar RavichandranSystem Engineering, The Polytechnic School (TPS), Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, Arizona State University, Mesa, AZ 85212, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0393-7934
Weiheng XuSystem Engineering, The Polytechnic School (TPS), Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, Arizona State University, Mesa, AZ 85212, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5596-4366
Rahul FranklinMaterials Science & Engineering, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy (SEMTE), Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3266-2362
Namrata KanthMaterials Science & Engineering, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy (SEMTE), Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5836-9666
Sayli JambhulkarSystem Engineering, The Polytechnic School (TPS), Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, Arizona State University, Mesa, AZ 85212, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9171-322X
Sumedh ShuklaManufacturing Engineering, The Polytechnic School (TPS), Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, Arizona State University, Mesa, AZ 85212, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7390-7055
Kenan SongThe Polytechnic School (TPS) & School for Engineering of Matter, Transport, and Energy (SEMTE), Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, Arizona State University, Mesa, AZ 85212, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0447-2449

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polystyrene (PS) polymers have broad applications in protective packaging for food shipping, containers, lids, bottles, trays, tumblers, disposable cutlery and the making of models. Currently, most PS products, such as foams, are not accepted for recycling due to a low density in the porous structure. This poses a challenge for logistics as well as creating a lack of incentive to invest in high-value products. This study, however, demonstrated the use of a dry-jet wet-spinning technique to manufacture continuous PS fibers enabled by an in-house designed and developed spinning apparatus. The manufactured fibers showed porosity in the shell and the capability to load particles in their core, a structure with high potential use in environmentally relevant applications such as water treatment or CO

Indexed as

Calorimetry, Differential ScanningMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningNanofibersParticle SizePolystyrenesPorosityPolystyrenescompositesfiberspolyethylene glycolpolymerspolystyreneporousspinning

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PMID31731728
PMCPMC6891604

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