Ecofriendly fabrication of organic–inorganic fibers as a template for hollow titanium oxide structures via electrospinning and magnetron sputtering

Anna Liguori; Luca Lorenzetti; Giulia Bianchi; Federico Morini; Chiara Gualandi; Andrea Zucchelli; Massimiliano Bestetti; Antonino Pollicino; Carla Martini; Maria Letizia Focarete

doi:10.1039/D4NR04710A

Ecofriendly fabrication of organic–inorganic fibers as a template for hollow titanium oxide structures via electrospinning and magnetron sputtering†

Anna Liguori,

‡*^a Luca Lorenzetti,‡^bd Giulia Bianchi,§^a Federico Morini,^c Chiara Gualandi,

^ad Andrea Zucchelli,^b Massimiliano Bestetti,^ce Antonino Pollicino,^f Carla Martini^bd and Maria Letizia Focarete

^ag

Author affiliations

* Corresponding authors

^a Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” and INSTM UdR of Bologna, University of Bologna, via Gobetti 85, Bologna, Italy
E-mail: anna.liguori@unibo.it

^b Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 2, Bologna, Italy

^c Politecnico di Milano, Department of Chemistry, Materials and Engineering “Giulio Natta”, Milano, Italy

^d Interdepartmental Center for Industrial Research on Advanced Applications in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Technology, CIRI-MAM, University of Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 2, Bologna, Italy

^e Tomsk Polytechnic University, The Winberg Research Center, 30 Lenin Ave., Tomsk, Russia

^f Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Catania, via S. Sofia 64, Catania, Italy

^g Health Sciences & Technologies (HST) CIRI, University of Bologna, Via Tolara di Sopra 41/E, Ozzano Emilia, Italy

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.

Nanoscale

Ecofriendly fabrication of organic–inorganic fibers as a template for hollow titanium oxide structures via electrospinning and magnetron sputtering†

Abstract

Supplementary files

Article information

Download Citation

Permissions

Ecofriendly fabrication of organic–inorganic fibers as a template for hollow titanium oxide structures via electrospinning and magnetron sputtering

Social activity

Search articles by author

Spotlight

Advertisements