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Prescribed 3-D Direct Writing of Suspended Micron/Sub-micron Scale Fiber Structures via a Robotic Dispensing System
Published on: June 12, 2015
A simple and high production rate manufacturing method for submicron polymer fibres
Mikko Huttunen1, Minna Kellomäki
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland. mikko.huttunen@tut.fi
Abstract:
The manufacturing technique for cotton-candy floss, heat-aided rotary jet-spinning, was used to produce submicron-scale fibrous meshes by using bioabsorbable thermoplastic polymers. The method was feasible for 100 wt% polymer concentrations functioning completely without solvents. It was possible to produce submicron diameter fibres using a simple device, which indicates that this manufacturing method is a very promising technique for obtaining high-throughput rates for submicron, and possibly nano-scale, fibrous meshes.

