Direct writing by way of melt electrospinning
Toby D Brown1, Paul D Dalton, Dietmar W Hutmacher
1Institute for Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, 60 Musk Avenue, Kelvin Grove, QLD 4059, Australia.
Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
|November 19, 2011
Abstract:
Melt electrospun fibers of poly(ϵ-caprolactone) are accurately deposited using an automated stage as the collector. Matching the translation speed of the collector to the speed of the melt electrospinning jet establishes control over the location of fiber deposition. In this sense, melt electrospinning writing can be seen to bridge the gap between solution electrospinning and direct writing additive manufacturing processes.
