Effect of solvent system on the morphology and fiber diameter of PCL electrospun mats

Electrospinning is one of the widespread techniques to create continuous polymeric nanofibers for making structures with high porosity and high spatial interconnectivity. These electrospun structures have many applications such as tissue engineering scaffolds, industrial filters and etc. each application requires its own characteristicsaccording to morphology, porosity and fiber dimensions of the electrospun mats. In the electrospinning process, there are many parameters that influence these required properties. These parameters include spinning parameters and solution parameters. Inthis article effect of changing the solvent system on the morphology and fiber diameter of PCL nanofibers is investigated

Keywords:

electrospinning , fiber diameter , solvent system , polycaprolactone