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Electrospining Machine: Electrospun nanofiber scaffolds for bone tissue engineering applications 2024-11-13

Electrospining Machine: Electrostatically spun nanofibre membranes meet antimicrobial nanomaterials, from preparation strategies to biomedical applications 2024-11-12

Large-Scale Nanofiber Manufacturing| Ambient-dried biomass 3D porous aeroge!with “brick-mortar-binder” structure for thedetermination and adsorption of Cr(Vl) 2025-05-16

With economic development, pollution issues have become increasingly severe. The growing use of heavy metals in industrial production has led to serious pollution problems. Heavy metal ions exhibit strong biotoxicity even at trace concentrations, causing significant harm to ecosystems. Hexavalent chromium Cr(VI), a typical heavy metal pollutant, is widely present in industrial wastewater from metallurgy, electroplating, and tanning industries. Due to its high toxicity, strong mobility, non-degradability, and significant bioaccumulation effects, Cr(VI) not only severely disrupts aquatic ecosystems but also poses major threats to human health through food chain accumulation. Therefore, developing efficient and sensitive Cr(VI) detection and removal technologies is crucial for industrial wastewater treatment and ecological protection.

High-Throughput Electrospinning System| Highly electroconductive and mechanically strong Ti3C2Tx/cellulosenanofiber composite paper with gradient structure for efficientelectromagnetic interference shielding 2025-05-16

With the rapid development of 5G networks, the problem of electromagnetic pollution has become increasingly prominent. Ti3C2Tx’s excellent electrical conductivity gives it great potential in electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding. However, its poor mechanical properties limit its further application. Currently, the main method to improve the mechanical properties of Ti3C2Tx is to introduce large amounts of flexible polymers, which causes a sharp decline in electrical conductivity and thus affects EMI shielding performance. For polymer-based EMI shielding materials, how to balance the excellent electrical conductivity, efficient EMI shielding performance, and good mechanical properties of Ti3C2Tx-based composites is a major challenge in current research, which greatly limits the application of Ti3C2Tx-based composites in practical scenarios.

Large-Scale Nanofiber Manufacturing| Ultrahigh-Molecular-Weight Polyethylene Fibers with ExcellentCreep Resistance Derived from an Online-Tailored Fish-Skeleton-likeMolecular Structure 2025-05-16

Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fibers are among the world's top three high-performance fibers, exhibiting excellent properties including high specific strength/modulus, outstanding impact resistance, and superior wear resistance. They withstand corrosion from strong acids/alkalis, finding wide applications in military protection, aerospace, medical materials, radomes, and marine anchor ropes.

Large-Scale Nanofiber Manufacturing| Surface and Interface Engineering of Electrospun Nanofibersfor Heterogeneous Catalysts 2025-05-16

Surfaces and interfaces originate most material functionalities. Typical heterogeneous catalytic processes occur at phase boundaries - gas-solid, gas-liquid-solid, or even complex oil-water-gas-solid interfaces. Thus, catalyst surface/interface properties directly determine performance by altering reaction pathways or reducing activation energy. Engineering catalyst surfaces/interfaces across micro/meso/macro scales can enhance activity, selectivity, and stability.1D heterogeneous catalysts possess high aspect ratios and unique long-range electron transport, granting distinctive catalytic advantages. Among 1D nanomaterial fabrication methods, electrospinning provides cross-scale flexibility for structural design and performance regulation.

High-Throughput Electrospinning System| Bicomponentnano- and microfiber aerogels foreffectivemanagementofjunctional hemorrhage 2025-05-16

Prof. Xie Jingwei's team at University of Nebraska Medical Center developed an injectable dual-component nano/microfiber aerogel (NMA) for deep, narrow connective tissue wounds using electrospinning, wet-spinning, freeze-casting, and crosslinking techniques.

Large-Scale Nanofiber Manufacturing| Gradientall-nanostructured aerogel fibers forenhancedthermalinsulationandmechanicalproperties 2025-05-16

Ye Dongdong's team (Anhui Agricultural University), collaborating with Prof. Song Jianwei (Xi'an Jiaotong University) and Prof. Zhu Shuze (Zhejiang University), developed gradient all-nanostructured aramid aerogel fibers (GAF) via microfluidic spinning.

Large-Scale Nanofiber Manufacturing| Bamboo-inspired ultra-strongnanofiber-reinforcedcomposite hydrogels 2025-05-16

Prof. Zhai Wei's team at National University of Singapore developed a bottom-up nanofiber assembly strategy to create strong fiber-reinforced composite hydrogels inspired by bamboo's hierarchical structure.

Large-Scale Nanofiber Manufacturing| Enhancedenergystorage performance ofnano-submicron structural dielectric filmsbysuppressedferroelectric phase aggregation 2025-05-16

Prof. Bi Ke from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications and Prof. Dang Zhimin from Tsinghua University designed nano-submicron structured films containing ferroelectric material P(VDF-HFP) and linear dielectric material PMMA through coaxial electrospinning technology.

Large-Scale Nanofiber Manufacturing| An infrared-transparent textile with high drawingprocessed Nylon 6nanofibers 2025-05-16

Prof. Zhu Bin and Prof. Zhu Jia from Nanjing University, collaborating with Prof. Zhang Qian from Wuhan Textile University, developed an IR-transparent PA6 textile using needleless large-scale electrospinning technology based on high-stretching and rapid solvent evaporation processes.

Large-Scale Nanofiber Manufacturing| High-Performance Alginate-Poly(ethylene oxide)-Based SolidPolymer Electrolyte 2025-05-16

Traditional lithium secondary batteries face challenges like low energy density and safety concerns, severely limiting their application in electric vehicles and large-scale energy storage systems. Developing high-performance, safer lithium batteries is urgently needed. Replacing liquid electrolytes with safer solid electrolytes is widely regarded as an effective strategy to improve energy density and safety.Among options, solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs) are considered one of the most promising alternatives due to high elasticity, low electrode/electrolyte interface impedance, easy processing, and low cost. However, limitations like low ion conductivity, insufficient mechanical strength, and unsatisfactory flame retardancy hinder further development.