Electrospinning: A fascinating fiber fabrication technique

A study on the effect of ground surface boundary conditions in modelling shallow ground heat exchangers

“…The nanoscale fibers are generated by the application of strong electric field on polymer solution or melt. Various surface patterns can be achieved by electro-spinning method through adjusting electro-spinning time and aging time, or using hydrothermal treatment (Bhardwaj andKundu, 2010:325-347, Tang et al, 2009:14220-14224). How to merge these fabrication methods, make use of their advantages and transform them into industrial technologies to satisfy the booming demand is the confronting problem.…”

Forming of Polymer Nanofibers by a Pressurised Gyration Process

“…[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Indeed, due to their high surface area to volume ratio, they are attractive in many biomedical applications such as scaffolds used in tissue engineering, drug release, artifi cial organs, wound healing and vascular grafts. [ 10,11 ] Due to the expanding demand for nanofi bers across a wide range of industries, there needs to be an improvement in the current state-ofart technologies to mass produce them more consistently, reliably, robustly and cost effectively. [ 12 ] Electrospinning is a well-established technique to generate a wide variety of polymeric fi bers across the micro-to nanometer-scale range.…”

Effect of neutralization and cross-linking on the thermal degradation of chitosan electrospun membranes

“…Electrospinning is a versatile production method to produce porous fibers membranes with diameters ranging from few micrometers to several nanometers [7,8]. This process uses a high voltage source to inject charge of a certain polarity into a polymer solution or melt, which is then accelerated, in the form of a thin jet, and when the applied electric field is strong enough to overcome the surface tension of solution the jet is drawn into a fiber that is collected on a surface of a grounded target [9].…”