Research progress, models and simulation of electrospinning technology: a review

Abstract

In recent years, nanomaterials have aroused extensive research interest in the world's material science community. Electrospinning has the advantages of wide range of available raw materials, simple process, small fiber diameter and high porosity. Electrospinning as a nanomaterial preparation technology with obvious advantages has been studied, such as its influencing parameters, physical models and computer simulation. In this review, the influencing parameters, simulation and models of electrospinning technology are summarized. In addition, the progresses in applications of the technology in biomedicine, energy and catalysis are reported. This technology has many applications in many fields, such as electrospun polymers in various aspects of biomedical engineering. The latest achievements in recent years are summarized, and the existing problems and development trends are analyzed and discussed.

State-of-the-Art Review of Electrospun Gelatin-Based Nanofiber Dressings for Wound Healing Applications

“…Electrospinning is a simple, versatile, and cost-effective strategy to generate polymeric fibers [ 46 , 47 ]. The diameters of electrospun fibers are in the range of several to several hundred nanometers, which are more than 100 times smaller than the fibers manufactured by traditional melt, dry or wet spinning approaches, thus have attracted intense interests as biomedical materials for wound healing applications [ 48 , 49 ].…”

Electrospun nanofiber-based glucose sensors for glucose detection

“…The second category includes the operations parameters, such as the applied voltage, the flow rate of fluid, and deposition distance of nanofibers ( Zhan et al, 2021 ). The third category includes the parameters of the working environment, mainly the relative humidity, and temperature ( Guo et al, 2021 ; Liu et al, 2021a ; Liu et al, 2021b ; Zhao et al, 2021a ). Although a very simple and direct one-step process for creating nanofibers, the mechanism of electrospinning is extremely complicated due to the overlapping of several disciplines ( Zhou et al, 2022b ; Zhou et al, 2022a ).…”

“…Although a very simple and direct one-step process for creating nanofibers, the mechanism of electrospinning is extremely complicated due to the overlapping of several disciplines ( Zhou et al, 2022b ; Zhou et al, 2022a ). Many early investigations focused on the typical three-step working processes; that is, the Taylor cone, the straight fluid jet, and the instable bending and whipping region ( Guo et al, 2021 ; He et al, 2021 ; Nauman et al, 2021 ). A cone shape is formed when the applied voltage is large enough to overcome the surface tension of a droplet pumped out from the nozzle of a spinneret, the famous Taylor cone.…”

Progress and perspectives on electrospinning techniques for solid‐state lithium batteries

“…In detail, the polymer species, concentration, viscosity, surface tension, and the conductivity of precursor solution exert huge impacts on the formation of the fibrous structure. 68 During the electrospinning process, the voltage, needle to collector distance, feed rate, and environment (including humidity and temperature) also affect the morphology of the electrospun products. 69 Among these process parameters, the viscosity and voltage, to a large extent, determine the final fibrous morphology.…”

“…The former two procedures include regulation of the precursor solution characteristics and electrospinning parameters/conditions. In detail, the polymer species, concentration, viscosity, surface tension, and the conductivity of precursor solution exert huge impacts on the formation of the fibrous structure 68 . During the electrospinning process, the voltage, needle to collector distance, feed rate, and environment (including humidity and temperature) also affect the morphology of the electrospun products 69 .…”