Titanium dioxide tubes from sol-gel coating of electrospun polymer fibers

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Caruso, Rachel A. ; Schattka, Jan H. ; Greiner, Andreas:
Titanium dioxide tubes from sol-gel coating of electrospun polymer fibers.
In: Advanced Materials. Bd. 13 (2001) Heft 20 . - S. 1577-1579.
ISSN 1521-4095
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/1521-4095(200110)13:20<1577::AID-ADMA1577>3.0.CO;2-S

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Abstract

Electrospun polymer fibers can be coated with amorphous titanium dioxide using a sol-gel coating technique. After removal of the organic material by thermal treatment hollow titania fibers are produced. The sol-gel coating is able to reproduce the finer details of the fiber, e.g., the Figure shows how oval nodules that were indentations on the initial polymer are mimicked in the final inorganic structure of the titania fibers (see also images on the front cover).