Research Article

Medicated Nanofibers Fabricated Using NaCl Solutions as Shell Fluids in Modified Coaxial Electrospinning

Table 1

Parameters of the electrospinning processes and their products.

NumberProcessShell-to-core fluid flow rate ratio MorphologyDiameter (µm)

F1Single0Linear1.43 ± 0.56

F20.05Linear0.91 ± 0.23
F3 Coaxial0.1Linear0.75 ± 0.10
F40.2Linear0.46 ± 0.12
F50.3Linear with a few spindles0.28 ± 0.14
F60.5Mixed

A fixed core fluid flow rate of 1.0 mL/h was exploited.
“Linear” morphology refers to fibers with few beads or spindles and “mixed” morphology refers to nanofibers with beads, spindles, and clumps.
Expressed as the mean ± SD of over 100 fiber diameter measurements.