Study on the Core-Shell Structure of Gas-Assisted Coaxial Electrospinning Fibers: Implications for Semiconductor Material Design

TL;DR

This study explores how gas-assisted coaxial electrospinning can be used to create nanofibers with precise core-shell structures for semiconductor applications.

Contribution

The study introduces a framework for regulating core-shell structures in coaxial fibers using gas-assisted flow field parameters.

Findings

Adjusting gas-assisted flow field parameters reduced fiber diameter by 47.33%.

The core-shell ratio increased by 289% with improved uniformity in fiber diameter distribution.

The study provides a scalable method for fabricating nanofibers suitable for semiconductor devices.

Abstract

Gas-assisted coaxial electrospinning (GACES), a simple and versatile technique for the large-scale fabrication of coaxial nanofiber membranes, possesses significant industrial potential across advanced manufacturing sectors including semiconductors—particularly for fabricating high-precision dielectric layers, high-uniformity encapsulation materials, and flexible semiconductor substrates requiring tailored core-shell architectures. However, there is still a lack of relevant studies on the effective regulation of the core-shell structures of coaxial fibers based on GACES, which greatly limits the batch preparation and wide application of coaxial fibers. Finite element simulation analysis of the flow field and development of the coaxial jet mechanics model with a gas-driven flow field—two key methodologies in this study—successfully uncovered the influence mechanism of gas-assisted flow fields on the core-shell structures of coaxial nanofibers. By adjusting the gas-assisted flow fields parameters, we reduced the total diameter of coaxial fibers by 47.33% (average fiber diameter: 334.12 ± 16.29 nm → 175.98 ± 1.18 nm), decreased the shell thickness by 72.98%, increased the core-shell ratio by 289% (core-shell ratio: 0.49 → 1.91), and improved the uniformity of the total diameter distribution of coaxial fibers by 30.64%. This study delivers a practical conceptual framework and robust experimental underpinnings for the scalable fabrication of coaxial nanofiber membranes with controllable core-shell structures, thereby promoting their practical application in semiconductor devices such as ultra-thin dielectric layers, precisely structured encapsulation materials, and high-uniformity templates for nanoscale circuit patterning.

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