Issue 6, 2011
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Lab on a Chip

UV polymerization of hydrodynamically shaped fibers†

Abel L. Thangawng,a   Peter B. Howell, Jr,a   Christopher M. Spillmann,a   Jawad Naciria  and  Frances S. Ligler*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Ave, SW Washington, DC, USA
E-mail: frances.ligler@nrl.navy.mil
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Abstract

Most natural and man-made fibers have circular cross-sections; thus the properties of materials composed of non-circular fibers are largely unexplored. We demonstrate the technology for fabricating fibers with predetermined cross-sectional shape. Passive hydrodynamic focusing and UV polymerization of a shaped acrylate stream produced metre-long fibers for structural and mechanical characterization.

Graphical abstract: UV polymerization of hydrodynamically shaped fibers

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0LC00392A
Article type
Technical Note
Submitted
09 Sep 2010
Accepted
15 Dec 2010
First published
19 Jan 2011

Lab Chip, 2011,11, 1157-1160

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UV polymerization of hydrodynamically shaped fibers

A. L. Thangawng, P. B. Howell, Jr, C. M. Spillmann, J. Naciri and F. S. Ligler, Lab Chip, 2011, 11, 1157 DOI: 10.1039/C0LC00392A

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