Evaluation of mechanical properties of polylactic acid/nanoclay nanofibers using Taguchi method, By Marziyeh Ranjbar-Mohammadi

Research

Title	Evaluation of mechanical properties of polylactic acid/nanoclay nanofibers using Taguchi method
Type	Presentation
Keywords	nanofiber, electrospinning, Taguchi, nanoclay, PLA, morphology
Researchers	Mina Aloushi، Marziyeh Ranjbar-Mohammadi، Ali Vahidifar، Elnaz Esmizadeh، Golshan Hajizadeh

Abstract

In this study, nanofibers based on polylactic acid (PLA)/nanoclay were produced using electrospinning method. The mechanical properties of the nanofibers were studied by ANOVA method. The effects of formulation parameters as nanoclay contents 0 wt% to 6 wt%, and effect of processing parameters as spinning voltage, solution concentration and feeding rate on modulus and strength of PLA/nanoclay nanofibers were studied.