Electrospinning Stability Control on The Production of Composite Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP)/Cellulose Acetate (CA) Nanofiber
Abdul Rajak (a), Sri Hartati (a,b), Muhammad Miftahul Munir (a,b**) and Khairurrijal Khairurrijal (a,b,*)
a) Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences,
b) Research Center for Biosciences and Biotechnology, Institute for Research and Community Services,
Institut Teknologi Bandung
Jalan Ganesa 10, Bandung 40132, Indonesia
Corresponding authors:
*krijal[at]fi.itb.ac.id, **miftah[at]fi.itb.ac.id
Abstract
Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP)/ Cellulose Acetate (CA) nanofiber is widely used as carrier of drug from plant extract. The composite was spun by electrospinning method. Since the presence of CA in the PVP solution, the electrospinning process was become unstabil. This paper reported the solution of this problem by control the parameter process of the electrospinning process including current, flowrate and voltage. A constant current electrospinning system was introduced for this control.
Keywords: polyvinylpyrrolidone, cellulose acetate, nanofiber composite, constant current electrospinning
Topic: Synthesis and Characterization Techniques