| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2020 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Bio-Nano Interfaces and Engineering Applications
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| Presentation Title |
Enabling Manufacturing at the Bio-Nano Interface using Gyratory Forming |
| Author(s) |
Mohan Edirisinghe, Ayda Afshar |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Mohan Edirisinghe |
| Abstract Scope |
Fine polymeric fibers offer numerous advanced technology applications, particularly in healthcare, e.g. filters which can trap microbes in hospital water and ventilation systems. One simple and scalable fiber forming method is pressurized gyration, where a drum containing a polymeric solution is spun at high speed while gas pressure is streamed into the vessel generating fibers through numerous millimetre size orifices on the drum. Seven years after its conception, many variants of it have been created, e.g. pressure coupled infusion gyration (Advanced Science News 23 July 2018). The key factor has been the ability to tinker with the bio-nano interface of fibers and other morphologies. This has resulted in some remarkable advancements, e.g. in tackling pre-term birth and enhanced treatment for diabetes. The process has now advanced to the manufacture of core-sheath fibers (Materials & Design Volume 178, 2019, 107846) and developments in this area will also be discussed. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: Publication Outside of TMS |