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Electrospinning and electrically forced jets. II. Applications
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In this paper, the shape and charge density of a steady jet as it thins from a millimeter-scale nozzle is calculated and combined with the stability analysis to predict scaling laws for the jet behavior and to produce operating diagrams for when electrospinning occurs.Abstract:
Electrospinning is a process in which solid fibers are produced from a polymeric fluid stream (solution or melt) delivered through a millimeter-scale nozzle. This article uses the stability theory described in the previous article to develop a quantitative method for predicting when electrospinning occurs. First a method for calculating the shape and charge density of a steady jet as it thins from the nozzle is presented and is shown to capture quantitative features of the experiments. Then, this information is combined with the stability analysis to predict scaling laws for the jet behavior and to produce operating diagrams for when electrospinning occurs, both as a function of experimental parameters. Predictions for how the regime of electrospinning changes as a function of the fluid conductivity and viscosity are presented.read more
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Electrospinning process and applications of electrospun fibers
Jayesh Doshi,Darrell H. Reneker +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the electrospinning process, the processing conditions, fiber morphology, and some possible uses of electrospun fibers, and describe the diameter of these fibers in the range of 0.05 to 5 microns.
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Electrospinning and electrically forced jets. I. Stability theory
TL;DR: In this paper, an asymptotic approximation of the equations of electrohydrodynamics is developed so that quantitative comparisons with experiments can be carried out and the physical mechanisms for the instability are discussed in the various possible limits.
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The current emitted by highly conducting Taylor cones
TL;DR: In this paper, it was shown that the structure of a micro-joint becomes independent of electrostatic parameters such as V or the electrode configuration, being governed mostly by the liquid properties and flow rate Q. In the limit e [Gt ] 1, an upper bound was found for the convected current at the virtual cone apex, which accounts for only one quarter of the total measured spray current.
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Electrostatic spinning of acrylic microfibers
TL;DR: In this article, a single fiber was drawn out from the electrically charged drop which was suspended from a metal capillary, and the effects on fiber diameter and jet length of solution viscosity, surrounding gas, flow rate, voltage, and geometry were determined.
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Current and droplet size in the electrospraying of liquids. Scaling laws
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