Nanofiber production from rose water and mate plant extract solutions
using environmentally friendly electrospinning

In this study, it was aimed to produce nanofibers from polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) polymer using natural solvents such as
rose water, rose extract and mate plant extract by the environmentally friendly electrospinning or green electrospinning
technique in other words and it was also aimed to investigate the morphological properties of produced nanofibers. For
this purpose, nanofibers having 7 different morphologies were produced from 4% PVA aqueous solutions. The
morphologies of the produced nanofibers were analysed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). As a result of these
analyses, it was observed that uniform nanofiber morphology was formed in nanofiber productions made with distilled
water, while in the others, dense bead structure was formed at low voltages and nanofiber morphology with reduced
bead amount at high voltages was observed. In all electrospinning experiments, it was observed that the nanofibers
were randomly collected on the collector plate. It was observed that the nanofibers obtained from the solutions prepared
from solvents other than distilled water, especially the one from the mate plant extract, had a low bead structure and a
smooth morphology. These results showed that environmentally friendly nanofibers can be produced from natural
solvents by electrospinning technique and their morphological properties can be improved via modification in process
conditions. It is thought that the nanofibers produced within the scope of the study are candidate materials especially
for health, hygiene and food applications since they are produced in pure properties without using any other additives.