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| Journal Article | PUBDB-2026-00516 |
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2025
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge
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Please use a persistent id in citations: doi:10.1017/flo.2025.8 doi:10.3204/PUBDB-2026-00516
Abstract: Properties and functions of materials assembled from nanofibrils critically depend on alignment. A material with aligned nanofibrils is typically stiffer compared with a material with a less anisotropic orientation distribution. In this work, we investigate nanofibril alignment during flow focusing, a flow case used for spinning of filaments from nanofibril dispersions. In particular, we combine experimental measurements and simulations of the flow and fibril alignment to demonstrate how a numerical model can be used to investigate how the flow geometry affects and can be used to tailor the nanofibril alignment and filament shape. The confluence angle between sheath flow and core flow, the aspect ratio of the channel and the contractions in the sheath and/or core flow channels are varied. Successful spinning of stiff filaments requires: (i) detachment of the core flow from the top and bottom channel walls and (ii) a high and homogeneous fibril alignment. Somewhat expected, the results show that the confluence angle has a relatively small effect on alignment compared with contractions. Contractions in the sheath flow channels are seen to be beneficial for detachment, and contractions in the core flow channel are found to be an efficient way to increase and homogenise the degree of alignment.
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