Actually, I'm undergraduate student in the Chemistry Department at the University of Puerto Rico at Cayey. Member of the "Círculo de Química" of the University. Summer research at UPENN University.
Project Info:
"Synthesis of Metal Oxide Fibers by the Electrospinning Technique"
Metal oxides such as copper and zinc oxide with nanometric dimensions are important materials with potential applications in gas sensors, field emission, and the emerging field of spintronics. Metal oxides fibers were prepared using the electrospinning technique. Several solution-specific parameters are used to control the morphology of the fibers, including concentration of the polymer, solvent, viscosity and ionic strength. The fibers are heated in air to eliminate the solvents and polymer solution forming the metal oxide fibers. We also explored the combination of electrospinning with sputter deposition of the metal and discuss possible schemes to form the nanostructures. The samples fibers were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-Ray diffraction and energy electron dispersive spectroscopy (EDS).