Apparatus and method for producing electrically conducting nanostructures by means of electrospinning

US8495969B2 · kind B2 · utility

Inventors

• Stefan Bahnmüller
• Andreas Greiner · Amöneburg, DE
• Joachim H. Wendorff · Marburg, DE
• Roland Dersch · Marburg, DE
• Jacob Belardi · Bensberg, DE
• Max Von Bistram · Marburg, DE
• Stefanie Eiden · Leverkusen, DE
• Stephan Michael Meier · Grevenbroich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 27, 2008
• Grant date: Jul 30, 2013
• Expiry date: Aug 3, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC D): Textiles; Paper
• CPC primary: D01F6/18
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus and method for producing electrically conducting nanostructures by means of electrospinning, the apparatus having at least a substrate holder (1), a spinning capillary (2), connected to a reservoir (3) for a spinning liquid (4) and to an electrical voltage supply (5), an adjustable movement unit (6, 6′) for moving the spinning capillary (2) and/or the substrate holder (1) relative to one another, an optical measuring device (7) for monitoring the spinning procedure at the outlet of the spinning capillary (2), and a computer unit (8) for controlling the drive of the spinning capillary (2) relative to the substrate holder (1) in accordance with the spinning procedure.