Surface Grafting of Electrospun Fibers: Multiscale Characterization and Perspective for Potential Applications

Nael Berri; Tamara Elzein; Diana Dragoe; Ludivine Houel Renault; Nadine Barroca-Aubry; Abdel Wahab Mouhamad; Philippe Roger

doi:10.1021/acsapm.2c00229

Surface Grafting of Electrospun Fibers: Multiscale Characterization and Perspective for Potential Applications

Nael Berri, Tamara Elzein, Diana Dragoe, Ludivine Houel Renault, Nadine Barroca-Aubry, Abdel Wahab Mouhamad, Philippe Roger

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Abstract

In the previous work, the poly(4-vinyl dimethyl dipicolinate) (PVDPM) polymer grafted on poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) and poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) film or industrial fibers proved its efficiency for trapping uranium and many lanthanides in a liquid environment. In this work, we propose to graft our active polymer on fibers obtained by electrospinning to increase the specific surface of our final material. To address this challenge, surface grafting of electrospun chlorinated poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC-co-CPVC) fibers using supplemental activation reducing agent atom transfer radical polymerization (SARA-ATRP) of poly(4-vinyldipicolinic acid) (PVDPA, acid form of PVDPM) were successfully prepared. The (PVC-co-CPVC)-g-PVDPA fibers show a fast increase in the degree of grafting that goes from 54% after 4 h to 369% after 72 h. Further insights demonstrate successful complexation between the new functional electrospun (PVC-co-CPVC)-g-PVDPA fibers and europium, which proves that it could be a potential candidate for scavenging lanthanides or any agent able to interact with ligands (PVDPA), which opens up innovative application perspectives in the field of polymeric materials.

Original language	English
Journal	ACS Applied Polymer Materials
Early online date	28 Apr 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.2c00229
Publication status	Published - 13 May 2022

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Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge the Lebanese National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS-L), the EU-funded project “Evaluation of the Lebanese Marine Environment (ELME)”, the French Embassy in Lebanon, and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for granting fellowships to Dr. Nael Berri. They are grateful to Dr. François Brisset for performing SEM experiments (ICMMO, Orsay, France) and Prof. Eric Simoni for scientific conversations.

Keywords

electrospinning
graft polymerization
polymer science
polymer surfaces
porous fibers
scaffolds
surface grafting

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Polymers and Plastics
Process Chemistry and Technology
Organic Chemistry

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