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Microvascular electrospun scaffolds
A combination of 3D printing and electrospinning can be used for micropatterning fibrous scaffolds that are suturable, porous, and biodegradable.
Superhydrophobic nonwovens from naturally occurring polymers
a Japanese/German collaboration has succeeded in synthesising a biodegradable, hydrophobic polymer by modifying a naturally-occurring poly(amino acid) with a hydrophobic amino acid.
Overcoming clinical complications of vascular prostheses
Electrospinning and plasma polymerization are combined to provide vascular graft scaffolds that are mechanically compliant and biocompatible.
Weaving nanostructures using actuation forces
Japanese scientists design a new approach to making ultra thin and uniform fabrics with micro- and nano-fibers.
Growing polymer nanofibres with ease
New research describes a device and method which enables the ambient temperature production of 100nm fibres in a commercially attractive way.
Self-healing polymer composites with electrospun and solution-blown nanofibres
Developments in electrospinning core–shell nanofibres improve toughening and facilitate self-healing in nanofibre-reinforced polymer matrix composites.
Advances in Electrospun Functional Nanofibers
Macromolecular Materials and Engineering has published a new special issue on functional nanofibers, guest-edited by Il-Doo Kim.
Electrospun Light-Emitting Nanofibers: From Lab-On-A-Chip Devices to Optical Sensors
Italian researchers review the properties of electrospun light-emitting nanofibers.
Electrically spun fabric offers dual defense against pregnancy, HIV
Electrically spun cloth with nanometer-sized fibers can dissolve to release drugs, providing a platform for cheap, discrete and reversible protection.