Ecofriendly fabrication of organic–inorganic fibers as a template for hollow titanium oxide structures via electrospinning and magnetron sputtering†
Abstract
A sustainable approach is proposed to prepare hollow titanium oxide nanostructures. Pullulan electrospinning is coupled with titanium magnetron sputtering to create organic–inorganic fibers. Through water solubilisation of the pullulan core, hollow titanium oxide nanostructures were obtained. The fibers were embedded in a thermoplastic matrix to form composites in which channels can be created.