Université de Fribourg

Multi-functional magnetic photoluminescent photocatalytic polystyrene-based micro- and nano-fibers Obtained by electrospinning

Schaer, Michel ; Crittin, Mireille ; Kasmi, Lamia ; Pierzchala, Katarzyna ; Calderone, Caroline ; Digigow, Reinaldo G. ; Fink, Alke ; Forró, László ; Sienkiewicz, Andrzej

In: Fibers, 2014, vol. 2, no. 1, p. 75–91

This work reports on the implementation of electrospinning (ES) as a facile route to encapsulate nano-engineered materials in a polystyrene (PS) matrix. We applied ES to co-encapsulate two kinds of nanoparticles, i.e., upconversion nanophosphors (UCNPs) and superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs), in polystyrene (PS)-based micro- and nano-fibers (PSFs). This approach made it...