Article
Article
DISCLAIMER: This article is being kept online for historical purposes. Though accurate at last review, it is no longer being updated. The page may contain broken links or outdated information.
Electrospun polymer nanofibers
Article By:
Liu, Wenying Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia.
Lu, Ping Department of Bioengineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia.
Xia, Younan Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia.
Last reviewed:2013
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1036/1097-8542.YB130070
Electrospinning is a simple technique that uses a high voltage to draw ultrathin fibers from a polymer solution or melt. The fibers typically have diameters on the scale of several hundred nanometers. Therefore, they are widely known as nanofibers. Because of their small sizes, nanofibers have extremely high surface area–to-volume ratios, and nanofiber-based mats are highly porous, with excellent interconnectivity between the pores. These features, together with the feasibility of alignment, make electrospun nanofibers particularly attractive for applications such as neuroregeneration, wound closure, and filtration.
The content above is only an excerpt.
About AccessScience
AccessScience provides the most accurate and trustworthy scientific information available.
Recognized as an award-winning gateway to scientific knowledge, AccessScience is an amazing online resource that contains high-quality reference material written specifically for students. Contributors include more than 10,000 highly qualified scientists and 46 Nobel Prize winners.
MORE THAN 8700 articles covering all major scientific disciplines and encompassing the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology and McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology
115,000-PLUS definitions from the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms
3000 biographies of notable scientific figures
MORE THAN 19,000 downloadable images and animations illustrating key topics
ENGAGING VIDEOS highlighting the life and work of award-winning scientists
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER STUDY and additional readings to guide students to deeper understanding and research
LINKS TO CITABLE LITERATURE help students expand their knowledge using primary sources of information
