Darrell H Reneker and Iksoo Chun 1996 Nanotechnology 7 216 doi:10.1088/0957-4484/7/3/009
Nanometre diameter fibres of polymer, produced by electrospinning
Darrell H Reneker and Iksoo Chun
Show affiliationsElectrospinning uses electrical forces to produce polymer fibres with nanometre-scale diameters. Electrospinning occurs when the electrical forces at the surface of a polymer solution or melt overcome the surface tension and cause an electrically charged jet to be ejected. When the jet dries or solidifies, an electrically charged fibre remains. This charged fibre can be directed or accelerated by electrical forces and then collected in sheets or other useful geometrical forms.
More than 20 polymers, including polyethylene oxide, nylon, polyimide, DNA, polyaramid, and polyaniline, have been electrospun in our laboratory. Most were spun from solution, although spinning from the melt in vacuum and air was also demonstrated. Electrospinning from polymer melts in a vacuum is advantageous because higher fields and higher temperatures can be used than in air.
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81.20.-n Methods of materials synthesis and materials processing
61.25.H- Macromolecular and polymers solutions; polymer melts
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Issue 3 (September 1996)
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Nanometre diameter fibres of polymer, produced by electrospinning
Darrell H Reneker and Iksoo Chun 1996 Nanotechnology 7 216
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