Simulation and Path Planning Analysis of Near Field Direct Write Electrospinning

LIN Can-ran, WANG Han, ZENG Jun, ZHU Zi-ming, YANG Fan-wen, ZHANG Jia-rong, XU Wei-liang, LAN Yin-tao

Packaging Engineering ›› 2018 ›› Issue (15) : 146-152.

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Packaging Engineering ›› 2018 ›› Issue (15) : 146-152. DOI: 10.19554/j.cnki.1001-3563.2018.15.022

Simulation and Path Planning Analysis of Near Field Direct Write Electrospinning

  • LIN Can-ran1, WANG Han1, ZHANG Jia-rong1, XU Wei-liang1, ZENG Jun2, ZHU Zi-ming2, YANG Fan-wen3, LAN Yin-tao3
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The work aims to explore the methods of reducing jet whipping regarding the problem that the precision deposition of image and inkjet printing of high resolution cannot be realized as the jet whipping in the process of electrospinning will seriously affect the quality of spinning. Firstly, COMSOL Multiphysics coupling field finite element simulation software was used to simulate and analyze the electric field intensity and distribution with and without addition of auxiliary electrode in the process of spinning. Then, comparison and verification were conducted through experiment and a set of fiber film print numerical control system suitable for near field direct write micro-nano jet printing was designed according to the results to achieve the repeated deposition of nanofibers and to print fiber film. The experiment used polyethylene oxide (PEO) solution (mass fraction: 8%) as the spinning solution. The capacity of syringes and jet needles was 2.5 mL. The outer diameter of the needle was 0.6 mm and its length was 12 mm. The injection pump flow was set to 0.5 μL/min. The voltage of both high voltage power supplies was set to 1.01 kV. The experimental results showed that the fiber was prone to curl when not added with auxiliary electrodes; however, the fiber was fine and straight after added with auxiliary electrodes. Parallel auxiliary electrode is applied to make the working electric field concentrated in the required range, to enable the electric field to be vertically from jet needles to receiving plate as much as possible, thus effectively reduce the adverse effects of spinning jet whipping on stable deposits. In such case, the high resolution inkjet printing for polymer solution and precision deposition of image can be achieved.

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LIN Can-ran, WANG Han, ZENG Jun, ZHU Zi-ming, YANG Fan-wen, ZHANG Jia-rong, XU Wei-liang, LAN Yin-tao. Simulation and Path Planning Analysis of Near Field Direct Write Electrospinning[J]. Packaging Engineering. 2018(15): 146-152 https://doi.org/10.19554/j.cnki.1001-3563.2018.15.022
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