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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2008
Jakapon Sunthornvarabhas, Akron, OH (US);
Darrell H. Reneker, Akron, OH (US);
George G. Chase, Wadsworth, OH (US);
Jakapon Sunthornvarabhas, Akron, OH (US);
Darrell H. Reneker, Akron, OH (US);
George G. Chase, Wadsworth, OH (US);
The University of Akron, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a novel method for electrospinning fibers wherein the fiber-spinning solution is infused with gas bubbles which travel through the electrospinning fluid, causing the bubbles to be coated with electrospinning solution. The coated bubbles, in turn, in response to an applied electrical force, generate jets of the electrospinning fluid that travel away from the bubble surface. The invention further relates to the fibers formed by this bubble-jet process and to products made therefrom.