Abstract:

This work describes a method of formation of microfibres from cellulose acetate butyrate solution in acetone by electrospinning. The method used a specially designed electrospinning reactor with an arrangement generating low-temperature plasma incorporated in the spinning zone. In this study the low-temperature plasma treatment was used to modify the surface of cellulose acetate butyrate fibres. The chemical nature of the microfibres’ surfaces was examined by UV-Vis spectroscopy with the use of an integration sphere and reflectance FTIR spectroscopy. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was used to determine the morphology and size of the electrospun fibres modified in low-temperature plasma and to compare them with the unmodified fibres.