Nanofiber mats and production methods thereof
First Claim
1. A mat of fibers, comprising:
- a plurality of intermixed first and second electrospun fibers comprising oppositely charged nanofibers; and
a first region including said plurality of intermixed fibers, the first and second electrospun fibers having an average of diameters (d) less than 500 nm; and
an average separation distance between the first and second fibers is equal to or proximate to d.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method in which the apparatus includes a first electrospinning device configured to electrospin first fibers of a first substance, a second electrospinning device configured to electrospin second fibers of a second substance such that first and second fibers combine in a mat formation region, and a biasing device configured to bias the first electrospinning device with a first electric polarity and to bias the second electrospinning device with a second electric polarity of opposite polarity to the first electric polarity to promote attraction and coalescence between the first and second fibers. The method electrospins under the first electric polarity first fibers from the first substance, electrospins under the second electric polarity fibers from the second substance, and coalesces the first and second fibers to form the fiber mat.
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36 Claims
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1. A mat of fibers, comprising:
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a plurality of intermixed first and second electrospun fibers comprising oppositely charged nanofibers; and a first region including said plurality of intermixed fibers, the first and second electrospun fibers having an average of diameters (d) less than 500 nm; and an average separation distance between the first and second fibers is equal to or proximate to d. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A composite filter comprising:
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a plurality of intermixed first and second electrospun fibers comprising oppositely charged nanofibers that form a composite of intermixed fibers; the composite of intermixed fibers having an average of diameters (d) of less than 500 nm, and an average separation distance between the first and second fibers equal to or proximate to d.
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29. A skin substitute comprising:
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a membrane comprising plural electrospun hydrophilic fibers and plural electrospun hydrophobic fibers comprising oppositely charged nanofibers that form a composite of intermixed fibers; the composite of intermixed fibers having an average of diameters (d) of less than 500 nm, and an average separation distance between the intermixed fibers equal to or proximate to d.
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30. A filtration medium comprising:
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a plurality of intermixed first and second electrospun nanofibers comprising oppositely charged nanofibers that form a composite of intermixed nanofibers; the composite of intermixed nanofibers having an average of diameters (d) of less than 1 μ
m, andan average separation distance between the first and second nanofibers equal to or proximate to d. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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33. A composite fiber mat comprising:
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plural intermeshed electrospun fibers of a given polarity; and electrosprayed particles having a polarity opposite to the electrospun fibers and attached to at least one of the plural intermeshed fibers by a fiber material of the at least one of the plural intermeshed fibers; wherein the electrosprayed particles are autogenously attached to the plural intermeshed fibers. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36)
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