Designing function-oriented artificial nanomaterials and membranes via electrospinning and electrospraying techniques

Huixin Zong; Xin Xia; Yongri Liang; Songyuan Dai; Ahmed Alsaedi; Tasawar Hayat; Fantai Kong; Jia Hong Pan

doi:10.1016/j.msec.2017.11.007

Designing function-oriented artificial nanomaterials and membranes via electrospinning and electrospraying techniques

Mater Sci Eng C Mater Biol Appl. 2018 Nov 1:92:1075-1091. doi: 10.1016/j.msec.2017.11.007. Epub 2017 Nov 12.

Authors

Huixin Zong¹, Xin Xia¹, Yongri Liang², Songyuan Dai³, Ahmed Alsaedi⁴, Tasawar Hayat⁵, Fantai Kong⁶, Jia Hong Pan⁷

Affiliations

¹ Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Safety and Clean Utilization, School of Renewable Energy, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China.
² College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology, Beijing 102617, China.
³ Beijing Key Laboratory of Novel Thin Film Solar Cells, School of Renewable Energy, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China; NAAM Research Group, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: sydai@ncepu.edu.cn.
⁴ NAAM Research Group, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
⁵ NAAM Research Group, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia; Department of Mathematics, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan.
⁶ Key Laboratory of Novel Thin Film Solar Cells, Institute of Applied Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China. Electronic address: kongfantai@163.com.
⁷ Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Safety and Clean Utilization, School of Renewable Energy, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China. Electronic address: pan@ncepu.edu.cn.

PMID: 30184730
DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2017.11.007

Abstract

The sister technologies, electrospinning and electrospraying provide a facile and universal synthesis method for the continuous preparation of nanostructured materials. Through adjusting the synthesis parameters, rich electrospun and electrosprayed nanomaterials, scaffolds, membranes with tunable composition (inorganic, polymeric, hybrid, etc.), shape (sphere, films, scaffold, etc.), morphology and inner structure (solid, hollow, core-shell, co-axial, etc.) can be selectively elaborated. This review provides an overview of the design of functional nanostructured materials, porous scaffolds and membranes by electrospinning and electrospraying techniques. Key experimental parameters and synthesis strategy are emphasized to reveal the synthesis-component-structure-property relationship and eventually realize the targeted functions through predictable synthesis. Potential applications in tissue engineering, medicine, membrane filtration and lithium battery are highlighted.

Keywords: Drug delivery; Electrospinning; Electrospray; Lithium battery; Membrane filtration; Nanofibers; Tissue engineering.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Biocompatible Materials / chemistry
Drug Carriers / chemistry*
Nanostructures / chemistry*
Tissue Engineering / methods
Tissue Scaffolds / chemistry

Substances

Biocompatible Materials
Drug Carriers