Controlling Fiber Repulsion in Multijet Electrospinning for Higher Throughput

Abstract

Abstract A novel electrospinning set‐up has been developed to successfully electrospin multiple jets with controlled fiber repulsion using a plastic filter. This set‐up shows reduced fiber repulsion as compared to a multineedle set‐up, along with increased throughput. The effect of processing parameters on the fiber repulsion in a multineedle set‐up was also studied. It was found that fiber repulsion could be reduced by controlling emitter voltage and emitter/collector distance. Other important parameters studied included fiber distribution and throughput. It was found that the plastic filter set‐up produced fibers with lower mean diameters and better uniformity. This novel plastic filter design for electrospinning provides increased electrospinning rates with better fiber uniformity. magnified image