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Original Articles

A Mini Review: Electrospun Hierarchical Nanofibers

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Pages 760-769 | Received 07 Jan 2009, Accepted 14 Feb 2009, Published online: 13 May 2010
 

Abstract

Electrospinning is a technique that allows the fabrication of continuous fibers with diameters down to a few nanometers. This technique provides a convenient and versatile method for preparing hierarchical nanofibers from a rich variety of materials that include almost all soluble or fusible polymers. The polymers can be chemically modified and can also be tailored with additives. The method provides access to entirely new materials. Until now, electrospinning is also widely being applied in laboratory and industry.

The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (200800551003), Youth Foundation of Tianjin University (TJU-YFF-08B56), and Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry (Shandong University), Ministry of Education.

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