Touch- and Brush-Spinning of Nanofibers

Alexander Tokarev; Darya Asheghali; Ian M Griffiths; Oleksandr Trotsenko; Alexey Gruzd; Xin Lin; Howard A Stone; Sergiy Minko

doi:10.1002/adma.201502768

Touch- and Brush-Spinning of Nanofibers

Adv Mater. 2015 Nov 4;27(41):6526-32. doi: 10.1002/adma.201502768. Epub 2015 Sep 23.

Authors

Alexander Tokarev¹, Darya Asheghali¹, Ian M Griffiths², Oleksandr Trotsenko¹, Alexey Gruzd¹, Xin Lin¹, Howard A Stone³, Sergiy Minko¹

Affiliations

¹ Nanostructured Materials Laboratory, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
² Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX2 6GG, UK.
³ Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA.

PMID: 26395284
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201502768

Abstract

Robust, simple, and scalable touch- and brush-spinning methods for the drawing of nanofibers, core-shell nanofibers, and their aligned 2D and 3D meshes using polymer solutions and melts are discussed.

Keywords: nanofibers; scaffolds; touch-spinning.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Biocompatible Materials / chemistry
Biocompatible Materials / pharmacology
Cell Line, Tumor
Cell Proliferation / drug effects
Mice
Microscopy, Confocal
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
Nanofibers / chemistry*
Nanofibers / toxicity
Polyethylene Glycols / chemistry

Substances

Biocompatible Materials
Polyethylene Glycols