Ellipsoid-shaped nanoclusters composed of single superparamagnetic nanoparticles can be generated by emulsion electrospinning. Stretching and subsequent solvent evaporation of iron oxide loaded emulsion droplets during the emulsion electrospinning process enables the creation of such structures embedded in polymer nanofibers. Dissolution of the polymer fibers yields an aqueous dispersion of the...

Biodegradable poly(L-lactide acid) (PLLA) nanofiber membranes were prepared by electrospinning of PLLA and poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO). The selective removal of PEO by water allows to obtain smaller fiber diameters and to increase the porosity of the membranes in comparison to PLLA membranes obtained under the same electrospinning conditions. After removal of PEO membranes with fiber sizes of 26...

Electrospun fibers are promising tissue engineering scaffolds that offer the cells an environment that mimics the native extracellular matrix. Fibers with different characteristics can be produced by the electrospinning technique according to the needs of the tissue to be repaired. In this review, the process of electrospinning was examined, providing a description of the common techniques used...

In-Flight ElectroSpraying (IFES) is a novel approach to generate electrically charged micrometer-sized and/or nanometer-sized progeny drops in a controlled manner. This is accomplished in ight, beginning with millimeter-sized parent drops. The breakup of charged drops that is exploited in IFES also occurs (sometimes unwantedly) in conventional electrospraying, electrospinning, and electrospray ...

Uniform deposition of nanofibers in the massive electrospinning process is critical in the industrial applications of nanofibers. Tip-Induced Electrospinning (TIE) is a cost-effective large-scale nanofiber-manufacturing method, but it has poor deposition uniformity. An auxiliary conductive electrode connected to the emitting electrode was introduced to improve the deposition uniformity of the n...

In many emerging high value electrospinning applications, the diameter distribution of electrospun nanofibers has important implications for the product’s performance and process economics. However, the current state-of-the-art electrospinning process results in varying diameter distributions, both during a run and from run-to-run. To address this problem, our research is focused on developing ...

With the relatively new technique of coaxial electrospinning, composite fibres of poly(vinylpyrrolidone) with the liquid crystal 4-cyano-4'-octylbiphenyl in its smectic phase as core material could be produced. The encapsulation leads to remarkable confinement effects on the liquid crystal, inducing changes in its phase sequence. We conducted a series of experiments to determine the effect of v...

The broader application of liposomes in regenerative medicine is hampered by their short half-life and inefficient retention at the site of application. These disadvantages could be significantly reduced by their combination with nanofibers. We produced 2 different nanofiber-liposome systems in the present study, that is, liposomes blended within nanofibers and core/shell nanofibers with embedd...

BACKGROUND Electrospinning is a non-mechanical processing strategy that can be used to process a variety of native and synthetic polymers into highly porous materials composed of nano-scale to micron-scale diameter fibers. By nature, electrospun materials exhibit an extensive surface area and highly interconnected pore spaces. In this study we adopted a biological engineering approach to ask ho...

We report the design, fabrication, and experimental characterization of an externally-fed, silicon batchfabricated MEMS electrospinning planar array with as many as 9 steady-operating emitters in 1 cm – more than a 7-fold increase in emitter density compared to state-of-the-art MEMS multiplexed electrospinning sources. The device simultaneously generates multiple nanofiber jets at 20 kV or less...