Electrospiders

Electrospinning can be used to produce endless nanofibres, nanowires and nanotubes from solutions, suspensions and melts using an electric field. The fibre base is of polymeric, inorganic, metallic or ceramic origin. The fibres are used, among other things, for filtering fine dusts. They are also of interest in biology or medicine, as they can be used, among other things, for the transport and targeted release of drugs.

Other potential applications include their use as separation or storage media for gases, liquids or particle suspensions, as components of nanoperistaltic pumps, nanopipettes and nanoreagent tubes (laboratory on a chip), in osmosis or inverse osmosis for separation of fine dusts, and in the production of nanoparticles. inverse osmosis for separation and purification, as light guides, in scanning probe microscopy, in microelectronics (nano-circuits, nano-cables, nano-capacitors), for the insulation of clothing and for the mechanical reinforcement of super-lightweight construction elements.

Requirements for use

Electrospinning facility

• for the production of nanofibres, nanowires or nanotubes