Electrohydrodynamic process has an advantage over other nanofabrication processes in its visualization feature. A lot of preliminary information can be deduced about the spinning process by looking at the Taylor cone and fiber jet behavior. To improve this deduction, high-definition visualizing camera by Inovenso for the Nanospinner machines aids in visualizing and understanding the electrospinning process further. More specifically, the optical visualization method is used to observe the Taylor cone formation process on the polymer solution surface, polymer jets and their stability and behavior throughout the whole electrospinning process. This visualization is also helpful in observing droplet formation in a bi/tri-component system and understanding the boundary between shell and core polymeric layers [1].
Observed features benefiting the user:
- Taylor Cone
- Jet number
- Jet stability
- Core shell layers in bi-component system
- Deposited fibers on substrate
The user can control the experimental parameters before characterizing the samples at each step which makes the process more efficient and reliable. Furthermore, this increases the success rate of spinning as the user can proceed to bulk production in a shorter time.
