Ultrathin Fibers from Electrospinning Experiments under Driven Fast-Oscillating Perturbations
- Author(s)
- Ivan Coluzza, Dario Pisignano, Daniele Gentili, Giuseppe Pontrelli, Sauro Succi
- Abstract
The effects of a driven fast-oscillating spinneret on the bending instability of electrified jets, leading to the formation of spiral structures in electrospinning experiments with charged polymers, are explored by means of extensive computer simulations. It is found that the morphology of the spirals can be placed in direct correspondence with the oscillation frequency and amplitude. In particular, by increasing the oscillation amplitude and frequency, thinner fibers can be extracted by the same polymer material, thereby opening design scenarios in electrospinning experiments.
- Organisation(s)
- Computational and Soft Matter Physics
- External organisation(s)
- Università del Salento, National Nanotechnology Laboratory, Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo M. Picone (IAC), Institute of Genetics and Biophysics "Adriano Buzzati-Traverso", CNR
- Journal
- Physical Review Applied
- Volume
- 2
- No. of pages
- 10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.2.054011
- Publication date
- 11-2014
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 103036 Theoretical physics, 103029 Statistical physics
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/7a195a68-4706-463d-90ab-76a874035f41