2011 Annual Meeting

(309i) Microfluidic Approach to Whipping Studies of An Electrospinning Jet

Authors

Venkata R. Gundabala - Presenter, Georgia Institute of Technology
Alberto Fernandez-Nieves - Presenter, Georgia Institute of Technology


Microfluidics allows effective studies on the whipping mechanism of an electrospinning jet due to the viscous forces from the external co-flowing liquid. Here we present a systematic study on the whipping mechanism in terms of its growth rate and its dependence on the operating parameters such as applied voltage and injection rates.