화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Macromolecular Research, Vol.16, No.4, 314-319, June, 2008
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Determination of Electrospun Fiber Diameter Distributions Using Image Analysis Processing
Eun Ho Shin, Kwang Soo Cho1, Moon Hwo Seo2, and Hyungsup Kim2, †
  • Korea Apparel Testing and Research Institute, Seoul 130-823, Korea
  • 1Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea
  • 2Department of Textile Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, Korea
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An image analysis processing method for the measurement of nanofiber diameter was developed. For the analysis, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images of electrospun fiber were prepared and applied to the individual measurement of the fiber diameter by using the developed and the traditional manual methods. Both methods provided a similar fiber distribution. The fiber average diameters were similar but the variance of the new method was larger than that of the manual method. The average diameters from the two methods exhibited a linear relationship with a high coefficient. The developed method can be used as a practical tool to estimate the fiber diameter of the electrospun web.
Keywords:nanofiber;fiber diameter distribution;image analysis
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