Interest in electrospinning has recently escalated due to the ability to produce materials with nanoscale properties. Electrospun fibers have been investigated as promising tissue engineering scaffolds since they mimic the nanoscale properties of native extracellular matrix. In this review, we examine electrospinning by providing a brief description of the theory behind the process, examining the effect of changing the process parameters on fiber morphology, and discussing the potential applications and impacts of electrospinning on the field of tissue engineering.

Electrospinning of polymeric nanofibers for tissue engineering applications: a review.

Cellulose nanofibers prepared by TEMPO-mediated oxidation of native cellulose

Electrospinning jets and polymer nanofibers

Role of chain entanglements on fiber formation during electrospinning of polymer solutions: Good solvent, non-specific polymer-polymer interaction limit

Biodegradable polymer matrix nanocomposites for tissue engineering: A review

Electrospinning is a process by which polymer nanofibers (with diameter lower than 100 nm and lengths up to kilometres) can be produced using an electrostatically driven jet of polymer solution (or polymer melt). Simple alignment of electrospun nanofibers constructs unique functional nanostructures such as nanotubes and nanowires. Significant progress has been made in this area throughout the past few years and this technology has been exploited to a wide range of applications. Most of the recent work on electrospinning has focused either on trying to understand deeper the fundamental aspects of the process in order to gain control of nanofiber morphology, structure, surface functionality, and strategies for assembling them or on determining appropriate conditions for electrospinning of various polymers and biopolymers.

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Audrey Frenot

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Polymer nanofibers assembled by electrospinning