Electrospinning Nonspinnable Sols to Ceramic Fibers and Springs.

Dong S, Maciejewska BM, Schofield RM, Hawkins N, Siviour CR, Grobert N

Electrospinning has been applied to produce ceramic fibers using sol gel-based spinning solutions consisting of ceramic precursors, a solvent, and a polymer to control the viscosity of the solution. However, the addition of polymers to the spinning solution makes the process more complex, increases the processing time, and results in porous mechanically weak ceramic fibers. Herein, we develop a coelectrospinning technique, where a nonspinnable sol (