Nanofibers From Natural and Inorganic Polymers Via Electrospinning (original) (raw)

In the present work the formation of nanofibre webs from natural polymers accessible from waste materials and SiO2-precursors was studied at environmentally acceptable electrospinning conditions, thus excluding the use of hazardous organic solvents for the preparation of spinning solutions. For these purposes water-based solutions of S-sulfo-kerateins isolated from wool, chitosan and precondensated tertraethylorthosilicate were investigated with special regard to their propensity in nanofibre formation.