TY - JOUR
T1 - Electrospinning writing with molten poly (ε-caprolactone) from different directions – Examining the effects of gravity
AU - Wunner, Felix M.
AU - Maartens, Joachim
AU - Bas, Onur
AU - Gottschalk, Konstantin
AU - De-Juan-Pardo, Elena M.
AU - Hutmacher, Dietmar W.
PY - 2018/4/1
Y1 - 2018/4/1
N2 - This work investigates the effect of gravity during melt electrospinning writing (MEW) and explores the feasibility of developing MEW devices with lateral and upside down print head configurations. Average fibre diameters of printed constructs using different printing directions and their variability reveal particular differences. These give an insight into the effect of gravity, which was observed to affect the Taylor cone, yet interestingly not the fibre jet. Additionally, stable processing conditions were studied and showed that it is possible to reproducibly print from all directions using MEW.
AB - This work investigates the effect of gravity during melt electrospinning writing (MEW) and explores the feasibility of developing MEW devices with lateral and upside down print head configurations. Average fibre diameters of printed constructs using different printing directions and their variability reveal particular differences. These give an insight into the effect of gravity, which was observed to affect the Taylor cone, yet interestingly not the fibre jet. Additionally, stable processing conditions were studied and showed that it is possible to reproducibly print from all directions using MEW.
KW - 3D printing
KW - Additive biomanufacturing
KW - Gravity
KW - Lattices
KW - Melt electrospinningwriting
KW - Poly (ε-caprolactone)
KW - Scaffolds
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85040022022&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.matlet.2017.12.079
DO - 10.1016/j.matlet.2017.12.079
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85040022022
SN - 0167-577X
VL - 216
SP - 114
EP - 118
JO - Materials Letters
JF - Materials Letters
ER -