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Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Bombyx mori Nanofiber Composites by the Electrospinning Process

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Jonathan Ayutsede ,
Milind Gandhi ,
Sachiko Sukigara  and
Frank Ko
Jonathan Ayutsede
Affiliation:
Fibrous Materials Laboratory, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Milind Gandhi
Affiliation:
School of Biomedical Engineering, Sciences and Health Systems, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Sachiko Sukigara
Affiliation:
Faculty of Education and Human Sciences, Niigata University, Japan
Frank Ko*
Affiliation:
Fibrous Materials Laboratory, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
*
E-mail:fko@coe.drexel.edu Tel:(215) 895–1640, Fax: (215) 895–6684
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Abstract

A nanocomposite of silkworm silk and single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNT) was produced by the electrospinning process. Regenerated silk fibroin dissolved in a dispersion of carbon nanotubes in formic acid was electrospun and the morphological, chemical and mechanical properties of the electrospun nanofibers were examined. The mechanical properties of the SWNT reinforced fiber show increases in Young's modulus up to 460 % in comparison with the un-reinforced aligned fiber.

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