Melt Electrospinning Designs for Nanofiber Fabrication for Different Applications

Overview

Journal Int J Mol Sci

Publisher MDPI

Specialties Biochemistry
Chemistry
Molecular Biology

Date 2019 May 22

PMID 31109002

Citations 7

Authors

Yasseen S Ibrahim

Essraa A Hussein

Moustafa M Zagho

Ghada G Abdo

Ahmed A Elzatahry

Affiliations

Soon will be listed here.

Abstract

Nanofibers have been attracting growing attention owing to their outstanding physicochemical and structural properties as well as diverse and intriguing applications. Electrospinning has been known as a simple, flexible, and multipurpose technique for the fabrication of submicro scale fibers. Throughout the last two decades, numerous investigations have focused on the employment of electrospinning techniques to improve the characteristics of fabricated fibers. This review highlights the state of the art of melt electrospinning and clarifies the major categories based on multitemperature control, gas assist, laser melt, coaxial, and needleless designs. In addition, we represent the effect of melt electrospinning process parameters on the properties of produced fibers. Finally, this review summarizes the challenges and obstacles connected to the melt electrospinning technique.

Citing Articles

Micro- and Nanostructured Fibrous Composites via Electro-Fluid Dynamics: Design and Applications for Brain.

Renkler N, Scialla S, Russo T, DAmora U, Cruz-Maya I, De Santis R Pharmaceutics. 2024; 16(1).

PMID: 38276504 PMC: 10819193. DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics16010134.

Effects of Six Processing Parameters on the Size of PCL Fibers Prepared by Melt Electrospinning Writing.

Xie Y, Fang Q, Zhao H, Li Y, Lin Z, Chen J Micromachines (Basel). 2023; 14(7).

PMID: 37512748 PMC: 10385759. DOI: 10.3390/mi14071437.

Electrospun nanofibers for medical face mask with protection capabilities against viruses: State of the art and perspective for industrial scale-up.

Cimini A, Imperi E, Picano A, Rossi M Appl Mater Today. 2023; 32:101833.

PMID: 37152683 PMC: 10151159. DOI: 10.1016/j.apmt.2023.101833.

The Effect of Electrical Polarity on the Diameter of Biobased Polybutylene Succinate Fibers during Melt Electrospinning.

Ostheller M, Balakrishnan N, Groten R, Seide G Polymers (Basel). 2022; 14(14).

PMID: 35890641 PMC: 9321530. DOI: 10.3390/polym14142865.

Research Progress on Sound Absorption of Electrospun Fibrous Composite Materials.

Li X, Peng Y, He Y, Zhang C, Zhang D, Liu Y Nanomaterials (Basel). 2022; 12(7).

PMID: 35407241 PMC: 9000626. DOI: 10.3390/nano12071123.

References

Xu H, Bronner T, Yamamoto M, Yamane H . Regeneration of cellulose dissolved in ionic liquid using laser-heated melt-electrospinning. Carbohydr Polym. 2018; 201:182-188. DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2018.08.062. View

Guan X, Zheng G, Dai K, Liu C, Yan X, Shen C . Carbon Nanotubes-Adsorbed Electrospun PA66 Nanofiber Bundles with Improved Conductivity and Robust Flexibility. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2016; 8(22):14150-9. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b02888. View

McCann J, Marquez M, Xia Y . Melt coaxial electrospinning: a versatile method for the encapsulation of solid materials and fabrication of phase change nanofibers. Nano Lett. 2006; 6(12):2868-72. DOI: 10.1021/nl0620839. View

Li Y, Wang X, Yu S, Zhao Y, Yan X, Zheng J . Bubble Melt Electrospinning for Production of Polymer Microfibers. Polymers (Basel). 2019; 10(11). PMC: 6401807. DOI: 10.3390/polym10111246. View

Bhardwaj N, Kundu S . Electrospinning: a fascinating fiber fabrication technique. Biotechnol Adv. 2010; 28(3):325-47. DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2010.01.004. View

Dalton P, Calvet J, Mourran A, Klee D, Moller M . Melt electrospinning of poly-(ethylene glycol-block-epsilon-caprolactone). Biotechnol J. 2006; 1(9):998-1006. DOI: 10.1002/biot.200600064. View

Hochleitner G, Jungst T, Brown T, Hahn K, Moseke C, Jakob F . Additive manufacturing of scaffolds with sub-micron filaments via melt electrospinning writing. Biofabrication. 2015; 7(3):035002. DOI: 10.1088/1758-5090/7/3/035002. View

Dalton P, Klinkhammer K, Salber J, Klee D, Moller M . Direct in vitro electrospinning with polymer melts. Biomacromolecules. 2006; 7(3):686-90. DOI: 10.1021/bm050777q. View

Zhou Y, He J, Wang H, Qi K, Nan N, You X . Highly sensitive, self-powered and wearable electronic skin based on pressure-sensitive nanofiber woven fabric sensor. Sci Rep. 2017; 7(1):12949. PMC: 5636882. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-13281-8. View

10.

Baldwin J, Wagner F, Martine L, Holzapfel B, Theodoropoulos C, Bas O . Periosteum tissue engineering in an orthotopic in vivo platform. Biomaterials. 2017; 121:193-204. DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2016.11.016. View

11.

Xue J, Xie J, Liu W, Xia Y . Electrospun Nanofibers: New Concepts, Materials, and Applications. Acc Chem Res. 2017; 50(8):1976-1987. PMC: 6589094. DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.7b00218. View

12.

Baker C, Huang X, Nelson W, Kaner R . Polyaniline nanofibers: broadening applications for conducting polymers. Chem Soc Rev. 2017; 46(5):1510-1525. DOI: 10.1039/c6cs00555a. View

13.

Al-Enizi A, Zagho M, Elzatahry A . Polymer-Based Electrospun Nanofibers for Biomedical Applications. Nanomaterials (Basel). 2018; 8(4). PMC: 5923589. DOI: 10.3390/nano8040259. View

14.

Youssef A, Hollister S, Dalton P . Additive manufacturing of polymer melts for implantable medical devices and scaffolds. Biofabrication. 2017; 9(1):012002. DOI: 10.1088/1758-5090/aa5766. View

15.

Brown T, Dalton P, Hutmacher D . Direct writing by way of melt electrospinning. Adv Mater. 2011; 23(47):5651-7. DOI: 10.1002/adma.201103482. View

16.

Qin C, Duan X, Wang L, Zhang L, Yu M, Dong R . Melt electrospinning of poly(lactic acid) and polycaprolactone microfibers by using a hand-operated Wimshurst generator. Nanoscale. 2015; 7(40):16611-5. DOI: 10.1039/c5nr05367f. View

17.

Teo W, Inai R, Ramakrishna S . Technological advances in electrospinning of nanofibers. Sci Technol Adv Mater. 2016; 12(1):013002. PMC: 5090397. DOI: 10.1088/1468-6996/12/1/11660944. View

18.

Dosunmu O, Chase G, Kataphinan W, Reneker D . Electrospinning of polymer nanofibres from multiple jets on a porous tubular surface. Nanotechnology. 2011; 17(4):1123-7. DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/17/4/046. View

19.

Um I, Fang D, Hsiao B, Okamoto A, Chu B . Electro-spinning and electro-blowing of hyaluronic acid. Biomacromolecules. 2004; 5(4):1428-36. DOI: 10.1021/bm034539b. View

20.

Muerza-Cascante M, Shokoohmand A, Khosrotehrani K, Haylock D, Dalton P, Hutmacher D . Endosteal-like extracellular matrix expression on melt electrospun written scaffolds. Acta Biomater. 2016; 52:145-158. DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2016.12.040. View