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Lyu J, Liu Z, Zhang X. Gas-Blows-Liquid Spinning Strategy Toward Mechanically Strong, Thermally Protective, Efficiently Hemostatic Aerogel Fibers/Fabrics. SMALL METHODS 2024:e2301550. [PMID: 38597753 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202301550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2023] [Revised: 03/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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Nanoporous aerogel fibers enjoy the luxury of being one of the most attractive nanomaterials. However, the representative fabrication pathways have faced up with low production rates due to significant speed mismatch between slow sol-gel transition and as fast as possible spinning in the same period. Herein, a novel gas-blows-liquid spinning (GS) strategy with a spinning speed of 300-700 m s-1 is developed to get the high-speed and high-efficiency production of aerogel fibers/fabrics. The spinning speed of the GS strategy is 900 times higher than various techniques reported for aerogel fibers. The resulting aerogel fibers exhibit a high specific surface area (180 m2 g-1). In comparison, the aerogel fiber possesses the highest tensile strength (58.7±3.9 MPa) among its counterparts and aerogel fabric with surprising water-absorption and microparticle-blocking performances exhibits the application prospect for better hemostasis than that of commercial gauze and cotton ball. Besides, the GS aerogel fabrics with hierarchical aligned structures show better thermal insulation (≈0.035 Wm-1K-1) than wet spinning aerogel fabric and commercial insulation felts. This work has provided inspiration for fast fabricating more aerogel fibers/fabrics with this GS strategy, and the resulting aerogel fibers/fabrics may find significant application in the fields of 5G smart phones, wound hemostasis, etc.
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- Jing Lyu
- Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech and Nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China
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- Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech and Nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China
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- Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech and Nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China
- Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, London, NW3 2PF, UK
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Zupan B, Peña-Murillo GE, Zahoor R, Gregorc J, Šarler B, Knoška J, Gañán-Calvo AM, Chapman HN, Bajt S. An experimental study of liquid micro-jets produced with a gas dynamic virtual nozzle under the influence of an electric field. Front Mol Biosci 2023; 10:1006733. [PMID: 36743214 PMCID: PMC9892056 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2023.1006733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Accepted: 01/06/2023] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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The results of an experimental study of micro-jets produced with a gas dynamic virtual nozzle (GDVN) under the influence of an electric field are provided and discussed for the first time. The experimental study is performed with a 50% volume mixture of water and ethanol, and nitrogen focusing gas. The liquid sample and gas Reynolds numbers range from 0.09-5.4 and 0-190, respectively. The external electrode was positioned 400-500 μm downstream of the nozzle tip and an effect of electric potential between the electrode and the sample liquid from 0-7 kV was investigated. The jetting parametric space is examined as a function of operating gas and liquid flow rates, outlet chamber pressure, and an external electric field. The experimentally observed jet diameter, length and velocity ranged from 1-25 μm, 50-500 μm and 0.5-10 m/s, respectively. The jetting shape snapshots were processed automatically using purposely developed computer vision software. The velocity of the jet was calculated from the measured jet diameter and the sample flow rate. It is found that micro-jets accelerate in the direction of the applied electric field in the downstream direction at a constant acceleration as opposed to the standard GDVNs. New jetting modes were observed, where either the focusing gas or the electric forces dominate, encouraging further theoretical and numerical studies towards optimized system design. The study shows the potential to unlock a new generation of low background sample delivery for serial diffraction measurements of weakly scattering objects.
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- Bor Zupan
- Laboratory for Fluid Dynamics and Thermodynamics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Laboratory for Fluid Dynamics and Thermodynamics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Laboratory for Fluid Dynamics and Thermodynamics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Laboratory for Fluid Dynamics and Thermodynamics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia,Laboratory for Simulation of Materials and Processes, Institute of Metals and Technology, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science CFEL, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg, Germany
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Aeroespacial y Mecánica de Fluidos, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain,Laboratory of Engineering for Energy and Environmental Sustainability, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science CFEL, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg, Germany,The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Hamburg, Germany,Department of Physics, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science CFEL, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg, Germany,The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Hamburg, Germany,*Correspondence: Saša Bajt,
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McCarthy A, Saldana L, McGoldrick D, John JV, Kuss M, Chen S, Duan B, Carlson MA, Xie J. Large‐scale synthesis of compressible and re‐expandable three‐dimensional nanofiber matrices. NANO SELECT 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/nano.202000284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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- Alec McCarthy
- Department of Surgery – Transplant and Mary & Dick Holland Regenerative Medicine Program College of Medicine University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha Nebraska USA
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- Department of Surgery – Transplant and Mary & Dick Holland Regenerative Medicine Program College of Medicine University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha Nebraska USA
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- Department of Computer Science School of Computing & Design California State University ‐ Monterey Bay Seaside California USA
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- Department of Surgery – Transplant and Mary & Dick Holland Regenerative Medicine Program College of Medicine University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha Nebraska USA
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- Department of Surgery – Transplant and Mary & Dick Holland Regenerative Medicine Program College of Medicine University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha Nebraska USA
- Division of Cardiology Department of Internal Medicine University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha Nebraska USA
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- Department of Surgery – Transplant and Mary & Dick Holland Regenerative Medicine Program College of Medicine University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha Nebraska USA
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- Department of Surgery – Transplant and Mary & Dick Holland Regenerative Medicine Program College of Medicine University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha Nebraska USA
- Division of Cardiology Department of Internal Medicine University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha Nebraska USA
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- Department of Surgery‐General Surgery College of Medicine University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha Nebraska USA
- Surgery Department Nebraska‐Western Iowa Health Care System Omaha Nebraska USA
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- Department of Surgery – Transplant and Mary & Dick Holland Regenerative Medicine Program College of Medicine University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha Nebraska USA
- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering College of Engineering University of Nebraska‐Lincoln Lincoln Nebraska USA
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Montanero JM, Gañán-Calvo AM. Dripping, jetting and tip streaming. REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS. PHYSICAL SOCIETY (GREAT BRITAIN) 2020; 83:097001. [PMID: 32647097 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6633/aba482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Dripping, jetting and tip streaming have been studied up to a certain point separately by both fluid mechanics and microfluidics communities, the former focusing on fundamental aspects while the latter on applications. Here, we intend to review this field from a global perspective by considering and linking the two sides of the problem. First, we present the theoretical model used to study interfacial flows arising in droplet-based microfluidics, paying attention to three elements commonly present in applications: viscoelasticity, electric fields and surfactants. We review both classical and current results of the stability of jets affected by these elements. Mechanisms leading to the breakup of jets to produce drops are reviewed as well, including some recent advances in this field. We also consider the relatively scarce theoretical studies on the emergence and stability of tip streaming in open systems. Second, we focus on axisymmetric microfluidic configurations which can operate on the dripping and jetting modes either in a direct (standard) way or via tip streaming. We present the dimensionless parameters characterizing these configurations, the scaling laws which allow predicting the size of the resulting droplets and bubbles, as well as those delimiting the parameter windows where tip streaming can be found. Special attention is paid to electrospray and flow focusing, two of the techniques more frequently used in continuous drop production microfluidics. We aim to connect experimental observations described in this section of topics with fundamental and general aspects described in the first part of the review. This work closes with some prospects at both fundamental and practical levels.
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- J M Montanero
- Depto. de Ingeniería Mecánica, Energética y de los Materiales and Instituto de Computación Científica Avanzada (ICCAEx), Universidad de Extremadura, E-06006 Badajoz, Spain
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- Depto. de Ingeniería Aeroespacial y Mecánica de Fluidos, Universidad de Sevilla, E-41092 Sevilla, Spain
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