The history of electrospinning: Past, present, and future developments

A Keirouz, Z Wang, VS Reddy, ZK Nagy… - Advanced Materials …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Electrospinning has rapidly progressed over the past few decades as an easy and versatile
way to fabricate fibers with diameters ranging from micrometers to tens of nanometers that …

Structures, mechanical properties and applications of silk fibroin materials

LD Koh, Y Cheng, CP Teng, YW Khin, XJ Loh… - Progress in Polymer …, 2015 - Elsevier
For centuries, Bombyx mori silkworm silk fibroin has been used as a high-end textile fiber.
Beyond textiles, silk fibroin has also been used as a surgical suture material for decades …

Electrosprayed nanoparticles and electrospun nanofibers based on natural materials: applications in tissue regeneration, drug delivery and pharmaceuticals

R Sridhar, R Lakshminarayanan… - Chemical Society …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanotechnology refers to the fabrication, characterization, and application of substances in
nanometer scale dimensions for various ends. The influence of nanotechnology on the …

Electrospinning: A fascinating fiber fabrication technique

N Bhardwaj, SC Kundu - Biotechnology advances, 2010 - Elsevier
With the emergence of nanotechnology, researchers become more interested in studying
the unique properties of nanoscale materials. Electrospinning, an electrostatic fiber …

Silk fibroin-based biomaterials for tissue engineering applications

G Li, S Sun - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tissue engineering (TE) involves the combination of cells with scaffolding materials and
appropriate growth factors in order to regenerate or replace damaged and degenerated …

Chitin and chitosan: Properties and applications

M Rinaudo - Progress in polymer science, 2006 - Elsevier
Chitin is the second most important natural polymer in the world. The main sources exploited
are two marine crustaceans, shrimp and crabs. Our objective is to appraise the state of the …

Electrospinning of nanofibers: reinventing the wheel?

D Li, Y Xia - Advanced materials, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Electrospinning provides a simple and versatile method for generating ultrathin fibers from a
rich variety of materials that include polymers, composites, and ceramics. This article …

Electrospinning: a fascinating method for the preparation of ultrathin fibers

A Greiner, JH Wendorff - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Electrospinning is a highly versatile method to process solutions or melts, mainly of
polymers, into continuous fibers with diameters ranging from a few micrometers to a few …

Generating electricity from molecular bonding-correlated piezoresponse of biodegradable silk nanofibers

C Sohn, H Kim, J Han, KT Lee, A Šutka, CK Jeong - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Many biomaterials have been proposed as eco-friendly piezoelectric materials. This
research investigates the piezoelectricity of an electrospun silk nanofiber membrane for …

Electrospun nanofibrous structure: a novel scaffold for tissue engineering

WJ Li, CT Laurencin, EJ Caterson… - Journal of Biomedical …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The architecture of an engineered tissue substitute plays an important role in modulating
tissue growth. A novel poly (d, l‐lactide‐co‐glycolide)(PLGA) structure with a unique …