The Wettability Study of Electrospun Waste Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene/Polyvinylpyrrolidone Fiber Membranes
Akmal Zulfi (a), Dian Ahmad Hapidin (a), Gian Prahasti (a), Muhammad Miftahul Munir (a,b), and Khairurrijal Khairurrijal (a,b*)
a) Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jalan Ganesa 10, Bandung 40132, Indonesia
b) Research Center of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jalan Ganesa 10, Bandung 40132, Indonesia
*krijal[at]fi.itb.ac.id
Abstract
Fiber membranes from waste Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (w-ABS)/Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) has been successfully made using an electrospinning method. The precursor solutions were prepared using DMAc solvents at a concentration of 30 wt%. We varied the w-ABS:PVP ratio of 3:0, 2.9:0.1, 2.5:0.5, and 2:1. A digital optical microscope observed the morphology of the fabricated fiber membranes while a contact angle meter determined their wettability. The results showed that the morphology of the fibers changed with the ratio of w-ABS:PVP. Consequently, the variation of w-ABS:PVP ratio caused a significant effect to the value of membranes contact angle.
Keywords: fiber membranes, electrospinning, waste ABS, PVP, wettability
Topic: Nano Science and Technology