About the authors
Preface
Acknowledgments
1.Development of melt electrospinning: the past, present, and future
1.1 Electrospinning
1.2 The working principle of electrospinning
1.3 Types of electrospinning
1.4 Solution electrospinning
1.5 Melt electrospinning
1.6 The scope of this book
References
2.The device of melt electrospinning
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Conventional melt electrospinning devices
2.3 Laser heating melt electrospinning devices
2.4 Screw extrusion melting electrostatic spinning devices
2.5 Electromagnetic spinning devices for vibration
2.6 Air melt electrospinning devices
2.7 Coaxial melt electrosplnning devices
2.8 Upward melt electrospinning devices
2.9 Centrifugal melt electrospinning devices
2.10 Conclusion
References
3.Formation of fibrous structure and influential factors in melt electrospinning
3.1 Polycaprolactone
3.1.1 Experiment
3.1.2 Results and discussion
3.2 Polylactic acid (PLA)
3.2.1 The diameter of PLLA fiber under a pulsed electric field
3.2.2 Thermal degradation of PLA fiber
3.2.3 The relative molecular mass of PLA fibers
3.2.4 Orientation and crystallinity of the PLA fiber
3.3 Phenolic resin
3.3.1 Materials and equipment
3.3.2 Orthogonal experimental arrangements
3.3.3 Optimal spinning conditions
3.3.4 Fiber heat resistance and crystallinity
3.3.5 Session conclusion
3.4 Polypropylene (PP)
3.4.1 Equipment
3.4.2 Effect of collecting plate on spinning electric field
3.4.3 Effect of upper plate on spinning electric field
3.4.4 Effect of the hyperbranched polymers
3.4.5 Effect of polar additive on PP
3.5 Conclusion
References
Further reading
4.Melt electrospinning in a parallel electric field
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Method and experiments
4.2.1 Experimental material
4.2.2 Parallel electrospinning equipment
4.2.3 Finite element modeling
4.2.4 Theoretical analysis
4.3 Results and discussion
4.3.1 Experimental electrospinning in a parallel electric field
4.3.2 Finite element simulation of the electrospinning process in a parallel electric field
4.4 Conclusion
References
5.Dissipative particle dynamics simulation on melt electrospinning
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Differential scanning calorimetry simulation under different electric fields
5.2.1 Electrostatic field
5.2.2 Pulsed electric field
5.3 Conclusion
References
6.Experimental study on centrifugal melt electrospinning
6.1 Overview of centrifugal melt electrospinning
6.2 Research progress of centrifugal melt electrospinning at home and abroad
6.3 The significance of centrifugal melt electrospinning devices
6.4 Experimental study on centrifugal melt electrospinning
6.4.1 Experimental section
6.4.2 Characterization method
6.4.3 Results and discussion
6.5 Innovative design of centrifugal melt electrospinning devices
6.6 Conclusion
References
7.Dissipative particle dynamics simulations of centrifugal melt electrospinning
7.1 Introduction
7.2 The dissipative particle dynamics model in centrifugal melt electrospinning
7.3 Different electric field simulation of centrifugal melt electrospinning
7.3.1 Centrifugal melt electrospinning in an electrostatic field
7.3.2 Centrifugal melt electrospinning in a pulsed electric field
7.4 Conclusion
References
8.Three-dimensional (3D) printing based on controlled melt electrospinning in polymeric biomedical materials
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Basic principles of 3D printing based on electrospinning
8.3 Different auxiliary electrode and dielectric plate collectors
8.3.1 Setup for electrospinning with an electrostatic lens system
8.3.2 Dielectric plate with sharp-pin electrode
8.4 Patterned, tubular, and porous nanofiber
8.5 Conclusion
References