Electrospun Materials and Their Allied Applications [Hardcover]

The aim of this book is to explore the history, fundamentals, manufacturing processes, optimization parameters, and applications of electrospun materials. The book includes various types of electrospun materials such as antimicrobial, smart, bioinspired systems. It focuses on the many application areas for electrospun materials such as energy storage and harvesting, catalysis, biomedical including gene delivery and tissue engineering, separation, adsorption and water treatment technologies, packaging. The book emphasizes the enhanced sustainable properties of electrospun materials, with the challenges and future developments being discussed in detail. The chapters are written by top-class researchers and experts from throughout the world.

Preface xv

1 Electrospinning Fabrication Strategies: From Conventional to Advanced Approaches 1
J.R. Dias, Alexandra I. F. Alves, Carolina A. Marzia-Ferreira and Nuno M. Alves

1.1 Introduction 2

1.2 Conventional Fabrication Approaches 3

1.2.1 Randomly Oriented Fiber Meshes 3

1.2.2 Aligned Fiber Meshes 8

1.2.3 Fibers With Core/Shell Structure 14

1.3 Advanced Fabrication Approaches 19

1.3.1 Melt Electrospinning 19

1.3.2 Near Field Electrospinning 22

1.3.3 Electroblowing 23

1.3.4 Hybrid Structures 25

1.3.5 Cell Electrospinning 30

1.3.6 In Situ Electrospinning 33

1.4 Conclusions and Future Perspectives 36

Acknowledgments 37

References 37

2 History, Basics, and Parameters of Electrospinning Technique 53
Aysel Kant?rk Figen

2.1 Definitions 53