Nanofibers Manufacturing and Assembly

by

Prof. A.L. Yarin and Dr. Eyal Zussman

Department of Mechanical EngineeringTechnion - Israel Institute of Technology

Electrospinning Above a Flat Ground Collector

Taylor cone

Instability process

Equipotential Lines and Electric Field Lines in Electrospinning

Non-woven Nanofiber MatNanofiber (PEO)

The Electrospinning Process with an “Electrostatic Lens”

Absolute value of the electric field

Braid of Aligned Nanofibers Density100nfs/m2

Aligned Nanofibers

Conductive Nanofibers (PEDOT/PEO)

Current-Voltage Response

Nanofiber After Burnout

Super Conductive Nanofibers (Poly- acrylic acid + Salts)

Long Term Motivation

Molecular Electronics Photonic Lattices