Jet Repulsion in Multi-Jet Electrospinning Systems: From Needle to Needleless

Abstract:

Jet repulsion is the most difficult issue in the multineedle electrospinning process. This study aims at reducing the jet pulsion by designing the spinneret. Three different multijet electrospinning configutations are used to study the jet repulsion in multijet electrospinning process. The experimental results shows that adding a PTFE cylinder to the traditional multineedle electrospinning setup can reduce the jet repulsion, but the diameter and irregularity of the resultant fiber other increased. A needleless electrospinning setup using a multihole plate to replace the needles can reduce jet repulsion effectively, reduce fiber diameter and irregularity as well. And the electric fields of the three electrospinning configurations are simulated by finite element method to explain the experiment results.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 852)
• Pages: 624-628
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.852.624
• Online since: January 2014
• Authors: Yuan Sheng Zheng, Yong Chun Zeng
• Keywords: Electric Field, Electro-Spinning, High Throughput, Multineedle, Needleless

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