Grant #1446098
While attending the University of Arizona I was able to work for a year on a National Science Foundation research grant project with Professor Enikov. This research project explored dynamic stabilization and electrostatic focusing as a new means to control the deposition of electrospun fibers. We examined the feasibility of focusing charged filaments inside a Paul-type linear ionic trap. Despite their widespread use in mass spectroscopy, linear ionic traps have never been used to trap macroscopic ions such as electrospun polymeric fibers. Using Floquet analysis, the research examined theoretically the feasibility of trapping charged fibers and will establish the required trapping parameters. Using the grant we designed the following electrospinning apparatus:
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https://nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1462752
http://proceedings.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/proceeding.aspx?articleid=2602117