Melt Electrospinning. A Green Method to Produce Superfine Fibers

Authors

Yong Liu Associate Professor and Director of the Polymeric Nanocomposite Laboratory, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijng, China. Yong Liu is an Associate Professor and Director of the Polymeric Nanocomposite Laboratory at Beijing University of Chemical Technology. He attained his PhD from the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science. He has held a postdoctoral position at Tsinghua University, as well as at Cornell University as a visiting associate professor. He focuses on preparation and application of polymers and nanocomposites, and his research is unique in providing a polymer physics understanding of melt electrospinning. Yong Liu has published over 80 articles in peer-reviewed journals and presented at over 20 conferences, and holds multiple patents. Seeram Ramakrishna Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore. Seeram Ramakrishna is the Director of the Center for Nanofibres and Nanotechnology at the National University of Singapore (NUS), which is ranked among the top 20 universities in the world. He is regarded as the modern father of electrospinning. He is an elected Fellow of UK Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng); Singapore Academy of Engineering; Indian National Academy of Engineering; and ASEAN Academy of Engineering & Technology. He is an elected Fellow of the International Union of Societies of Biomaterials Science and Engineering (FBSE); Institution of Engineers Singapore; ISTE, India; Institution of Mechanical Engineers and Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining, UK; and American Association of the Advancement of Science; ASM International; American Society for Mechanical Engineers; American Institute for Medical & Biological Engineering, USA. He is an editor of Elsevier journal Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering. Mohamedazeem M. Mohideen Ph.D. student, Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT). Beijing, China. Ph.D. at Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT). He is doing his research work under the guidance of Prof Yong Liu. He completed his master degree in Materials Science from Anna University, India in 2018. He finished his master dissertation work on quantum dots Kaili Li Postgraduate, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China. currently a postgraduate at Beijing University of Chemical Technology. Her research focuses on the movement of molecular chains about the fiber produced by centrifugal melt electrospinning and the dissipative particle dynamics simulation. She has published several articles in peer-reviewed journals.