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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2007
Applicant:
Darrell H. Reneker, Akron, OH (US);
Inventor:
Darrell H. Reneker, Akron, OH (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D01D 7/00 (2006.01); D02G 3/36 (2006.01); D01D 5/00 (2006.01); D01F 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D01D 5/0038 (2013.01); D01F 1/106 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for making coiled and buckled electrospun fiber including (a) providing a solution of a polymer in an organic solvent and a device for electrospinning fiber; b) subjecting the polymer solution to an electric field such that at least one fiber is electrospun; (c) subjecting the so formed fiber to electrical bending and mechanical buckling instability to hereby form a coiled and buckled fiber; (d) collecting the at least one fiber on a collector, such that a fiber structure is produced.