A Review on Biopolymer-Based Fibers via Electrospinning and Solution Blowing and Their Applications

摘要: Electrospinning, for the last few decades, has been extensively acknowledged its ability to manufacture a macro/nanofibrous architecture from biopolymers, which is otherwise difficult obtain, in cost effective and user-friendly technique. Such biopolymer nanofibers can be tailored meet applications such as drug delivery, tissue engineering, filtration, fuel cell, food packaging etc. Due their structural uniqueness, chemical mechanical stability, functionality, super-high surface area-to-volume ratio, one-dimensional orientation, electrospun have proven extremely beneficial. A parallel method nonwoven methodologies called “Solution Blowing” also become potential candidate fabricate similar type of fibers, gaining popularity among researchers, despite recent advent early 2000’s. This review chiefly focuses on fabrication macro/nanofibers via electrospinning solution blowing, several fiber architectures. Biopolymers include plant- animal-derived cellulose, lignin, chitin, chitosan, well proteins derivatives. The fibers these biopolymers alone or blends, predominantly with biodegradable polymers like Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), Polyethylene Oxide (PEO), glycol (PEG), poly (lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) etc., non-biodegradable polyamide, Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) will discussed detail, along composites sort.