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Tech Note | Technology: Electrospinning
Electrospinning is a versatile and promising technique for fabricating nanofibrous scaffolds that can biomimic the extracellular matrix (ECM) of natural tissues. These nanofibrous scaffolds have several unique properties, including a high surface area-to-volume ratio, adjustable pore size, and tunable mechanical and biochemical properties. The mechanical…
App Note | Technology: Electrospinning
What if you could quickly and easily customize the porosity, flexibility, and strength of your tissue scaffolds to mimic the properties of native tissue more closely? Fabricating tissue scaffolds to meet specifications with batch-to-batch consistency can be a challenge, especially with tubular structures like vascular,…
App Note | Technology: Electrospinning
Over the past decade, the emergence and evolution of electrospinning and electrospraying manufacturing techniques have accelerated the development of various applications including tissue engineering, drug delivery, filtration, and energy storage. Both electrospinning and electrospraying have grown in popularity because of many specific advantages over more…
App Note | Technology: Electrospinning
There are multiple manufacturing processes for fiber production. Depending on the physical and/or chemical properties of the materials to be used in some techniques are more feasible than others. Common techniques include 3D printing, hot melt extrusion, and electrospinning. Among these, the electrospinning technique, which…
App Note | Technology: Electrospinning
The beauty of the electrospinning technique is that it allows the production of fibers in different structural organization and morphologies to meet their application needs. Researchers and industries use fibers in applications like drug delivery, tissue engineering, energy storage, textiles, and filtration of different media….
App Note | Technology: Electrospinning, Scanning Electron Microscopy
Extruded fibers used for nonwoven textiles are found in many consumer products including filters, wipes, automotive components, upholstery, sports apparel, roofing materials, bedding, fiberglass boats, surgical gowns, and diapers. Fabrics, filtration, medical scaffolds, fuel cells, insulation and other applications now include nanofibers for improved product…
App Note | Technology: Electrospinning
Electrospun Scaffolding for Regenerative Medicine In order to properly regenerate cells and tissues that have been damaged or lost due to a disease or age, the scientific community has employed electrospun samples thanks to their ability to biomimic the extracellular matrix (ECM) native structure. The…
App Note | Technology: Electrospinning
Improving Cell Infiltration in Electrospun Nanofibers It is common knowledge that in order to biomimic the extracellular matrix (ECM) structure, electrospun fibers can be created with fiber diameter ranging in the nano- to micro-scale. Meanwhile, cell infiltration into scaffolding material is usually limited by pore…
App Note | Technology: Electrospinning
Electrospun Scaffolding for Cell Growth and Tissue Engineering In any type of scaffolding material cell migration, proliferation and differentiation are a key parameter for the success of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications. The ability of electrospun scaffolds to biomimic the extracellular matrix (ECM) environment…
App Note | Technology: Electrospinning
Electrospun Nanofiber Scaffolding for Blood Vessels One of the main goals of electrospun fibrous scaffolding is to completely biomimic the extracellular matrix (ECM) environment. This includes incorporating cells and sustaining their proliferation, having fiber orientation according to the structure being mimicked, allowing degradation of the…
App Note | Technology: Electrospinning
Electrospun Scaffolds that are Thermolabile Bioactive Scaffolding techniques such as 3D printing and melt electrospinning can resemble the extracellular matrix (ECM) environment, however, due to the high temperatures involved they do not allow the process of thermolabile bioactives. These high temperatures denature bioactives (e.g. proteins…
App Note | Technology: Electrospinning
Regenerative Medicine Utilizing Electrospun Scaffolds for Wound Healing Imagine a world where no organ donors are needed; a world where any type of tissue can be artificially created and function as compared to native tissue without rejection or scar formation. Scientists and engineers are currently…
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