A novel hybrid system combining microfluidic and co-axial electrospinning techniques has been used to generate different types of fibre structures with varied desirable inclusions using food grade polymers, ethyl cellulose and sodium alginate. The processing conditions in the microfluidic T-junction device, i.e. gas pressure and liquid flow rate were adjusted in order to generate near-monodispe...

The use of biomaterials processed by the electrospinning technique has gained considerable interest for neural tissue engineering applications. The tissue engineering strategy is to facilitate the regrowth of nerves by combining an appropriate cell type with the electrospun scaffold. Electrospinning can generate fibrous meshes having fiber diameter dimensions at the nanoscale and these fibers c...

During recent years, nanoscaled materials have gained much attention because of their applications in the field of pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences. Electrospinning/electrospraying, as simple, effective and single-step methods, are used in the preparation of nanostructured materials (nanofibers and nanobeads). They offer an opportunity for direct encapsulation of the different types of dr...

−Precise control of fiber diameter during electrospinning is very crucial for many applications. A systematic and quantitative study on the effects of processing variables enables us to control the properties of electrospun nanofibers. In this contribution, response surface methodology (RSM) was employed to quantitatively investigate the simultaneous effects of four of the most important parame...

Nonwoven fibrous membranes were formed from electrospinning lecithin solutions in a single processing step. As the concentration of lecithin increased, the micellar morphology evolved from spherical to cylindrical, and at higher concentrations the cylindrical micelles overlapped and entangled in a fashion similar to polymers in semi-dilute or concentrated solutions. At concentrations above the ...

objective(s): to improve water stability of electrospun chitosan/ polyethylene oxide (peo) nanofibers, genipin, a biocompatible and nontoxic agent, was used to crosslink chitosan based nanofibers.  materials and methods: different amounts of genipin were added to the chitosan/peo solutions, chitosan/peo weight ratio 90/10 in 80 % acetic acid, and the solutions were then electrospun to form nano...

please cite this article as : tavakoli-darestani r, kazemian gh, emami m, kamrani-rad a. poly (lactide-co-glycolide) nanofibers coated with collagen and nano-hydroxyapatite for bone tissue engineering. novel biomed 2013;1:8-15. background: a combination of polymeric nanofibrous scaffold and bioactive materials is potentially useful in bone regeneration applications. materials and methods: in th...

one of the main issues of nanotechnology is producing materials with new properties. nanotechnology, as a powerful tool, has the ability to create evolution in the agricultural system and food–medicinal industries across the world. producing a high-performance material from reclaimed cellulose material will increase motivation to recycle these materials at all phases of paper production and rem...

electrically conducting nanofiber mats of polyaniline/copolyacrylonitrile (pani/ pan) blend in nmp were successfully fabricated using electrospinning technique. morphology and diameter of the nanofibers were studied by scanning electron microscope. structural characteristics of the electrospun nanofibers were examined using differential scanning calorimetry, fourier transform infrared spectrosc...

the main purpose of this study is to introduce a new method for nanofibers by bulk layer production. in the present method the effect of some parameters including take-up velocity, applied voltage, polymer solution concentration on density of produced layers is investigated. the compression characteristic of nanofiber layers produced under optimum electrospinning is also investigated. it was sh...