Micro/nanometer-scale fiber with highly ordered structures by mimicking the spinning process of silkworm

Su Kyoung Chae; Edward Kang; Ali Khademhosseini; Sang Hoon Lee

doi:10.1002/adma.201300837

Micro/nanometer-scale fiber with highly ordered structures by mimicking the spinning process of silkworm

Su Kyoung Chae
, Edward Kang
, Ali Khademhosseini
, Sang Hoon Lee^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A new method for the microfluidic spinning of ultrathin fibers with highly ordered structures is proposed by mimicking the spinning mechanism of silkworms. The self-aggregation is driven by dipole-dipole attractions between polar polymers upon contact with a low-polarity solvent to form fibers with nanostrands. The induction of Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities at the dehydrating interface between two miscible fluids generates multi-scale fibers in a single microchannel.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3071-3078
Number of pages	8
Journal	Advanced Materials
Volume	25
Issue number	22
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201300837
Publication status	Published - 2013 Jun 11

Keywords

alginate
microfluidics
polymer fiber
tissue engineering

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Materials Science
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering

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