Research Article

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

Table 2

The different behaviors of working fluids under different shell fluid flow rate.

NumberProcessTaylor coneStraight fluid jetInstable region

F1Single0CloggingVariedDiscontinuous bending and whipping

F2Coaxial0.1Indented35 mmContinuous and stable bending and whipping
F30.2Smaller20 mmContinuous and stable bending and whipping
F40.5Double13 mmA combination of spraying and spinning

refers to sheath-to-core fluid flow rate ratio.
The values are estimated according to the size of spinneret shown in Figure 1(b).