title: A portable electrospinning apparatus based on a small solar cell and a hand generator: design, performance and application.
abstract: Electrospinning (e-spinning) devices and electrospun (e-spun) ultrathin fibers have shown promising applications in various fields. However, the poor portability of conventional e-spinning devices limits some potential applications especially in the case without a plug (electricity supply). Consequently, great efforts have been made to modify e-spinning setups with good portability. In this article, a solar cell and a hand generator-powered portable e-spinning (SHPE) setup with good flexibility is introduced, which can be used outdoors without a plug. The SHPE device shows good spinning efficacy both in solution and melt e-spinning processes for a wide range of polymers. Moreover, the designed SHPE apparatus demonstrates potential application in wound dressing by in situ e-spinning fibers onto human skin directly.
authors.affiliation: Collaborative Innovation Center for Low-Dimensional Nanomaterials & Optoelectronic Devices, College of Physics, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China. yunze.long@163.com.
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.affiliation: Collaborative Innovation Center for Low-Dimensional Nanomaterials & Optoelectronic Devices, College of Physics, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China. yunze.long@163.com and Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York 10027, USA.
authors.forename: Miao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Collaborative Innovation Center for Low-Dimensional Nanomaterials & Optoelectronic Devices, College of Physics, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China. yunze.long@163.com.
authors.forename: Li-Hua
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Collaborative Innovation Center for Low-Dimensional Nanomaterials & Optoelectronic Devices, College of Physics, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China. yunze.long@163.com.
authors.forename: Xian-Sheng
authors.initials: XS
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.affiliation: Collaborative Innovation Center for Low-Dimensional Nanomaterials & Optoelectronic Devices, College of Physics, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China. yunze.long@163.com.
authors.forename: Jin-Tao
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Collaborative Innovation Center for Low-Dimensional Nanomaterials & Optoelectronic Devices, College of Physics, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China. yunze.long@163.com.
authors.forename: Xiao-Peng
authors.initials: XP
authors.lastname: Duan
authors.affiliation: Collaborative Innovation Center for Low-Dimensional Nanomaterials & Optoelectronic Devices, College of Physics, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China. yunze.long@163.com.
authors.forename: Chong-Chong
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.affiliation: Collaborative Innovation Center for Low-Dimensional Nanomaterials & Optoelectronic Devices, College of Physics, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China. yunze.long@163.com.
authors.forename: Rui-Hua
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.affiliation: Collaborative Innovation Center for Low-Dimensional Nanomaterials & Optoelectronic Devices, College of Physics, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China. yunze.long@163.com and Collaborative Innovation Center for Marine Biomass Fibers, Materials and Textiles of Shandong Province, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China.
authors.forename: Yun-Ze
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Long