eprintid: 1370556
rev_number: 37
eprint_status: archive
userid: 608
dir: disk0/01/37/05/56
datestamp: 2012-11-05 22:17:03
lastmod: 2021-11-29 00:36:09
status_changed: 2012-11-05 22:17:03
type: article
metadata_visibility: show
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creators_name: Ahmad, B
creators_name: Gunduz, O
creators_name: Stoyanov, S
creators_name: Pelan, E
creators_name: Stride, E
creators_name: Edirisinghe, M
title: A novel hybrid system for the fabrication of a fibrous mesh with micro-inclusions
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B04
divisions: C05
divisions: F45
divisions: F52
divisions: C06
keywords: Co-axial electrospinning, Microfluidics, Microbubbles, Particles, Fibrous mesh
note: This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
abstract: A novel hybrid system combining microfluidic and co-axial electrospinning techniques has been used to generate different types of fibre structures with varied desirable inclusions using food grade polymers, ethyl cellulose and sodium alginate. The processing conditions in the microfluidic T-junction device, i.e. gas pressure and liquid flow rate were adjusted in order to generate near-monodisperse microbubbles which subsequently serve as a platform for particle generation. These particles exhibit micro-scale diameters and different shapes and some bubbles were incorporated into the fibrous mesh prepared by concurrent electrospinning. The fibre/particle structures obtained with different polymers via this novel method could potentially have many applications in various engineering and biological sectors.
date: 2012-06-05
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2012.02.074
vfaculties: VFLS
vfaculties: VENG
oa_status: green
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_source: WoS-Lite
elements_id: 417720
doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2012.02.074
lyricists_name: Ahmad, Bilal
lyricists_name: Edirisinghe, Mohan
lyricists_name: Stride, Eleanor
lyricists_id: BSAHM96
lyricists_id: MJEDE48
lyricists_id: EPJST43
full_text_status: public
publication: Carbohydrate Polymers
volume: 89
number: 1
pagerange: 222 - 229
issn: 0144-8617
citation:        Ahmad, B;    Gunduz, O;    Stoyanov, S;    Pelan, E;    Stride, E;    Edirisinghe, M;      (2012)    A novel hybrid system for the fabrication of a fibrous mesh with micro-inclusions.                   Carbohydrate Polymers , 89  (1)   222 - 229.    10.1016/j.carbpol.2012.02.074 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2012.02.074>.       Green open access   
 
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