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The present invention relates to a method of preparing a porous polymer scaffold for tissue engineering using a gel spinning molding technique. The method of the present invention can prepare a porous polymer scaffold having a uniform pore size, high interconnectivity between pores and mechanical strength, as well as high cell seeding and proliferation efficiencies, which can be effectively used in tissue engineering applications. Further, the method of the present invention can easily mold a porous polymer scaffold in various types such as a tube type favorable for regeneration of blood vessels, esophagus, nerves and the like, as well as a sheet type favorable for regeneration of skins, muscles and the like, by regulating the shape and size of a template shaft.

An apparatus and methods for electrospinning polymer fibers and membranes are described. The methods include in one aspect electrospinning a polymer fiber from a conducting fluid containing the polymer in the presence of a first electric field established between a conducting fluid introduction device and a ground source and modifying the first electric field with a second electric field to form a jet stream of the conducting fluid. In another aspect the methods include forming an electrospinning jet stream of the conducting fluid and electrically controlling the flow characteristics of the jet stream. In yet another aspect the methods include forming a plurality of electrospinning jet streams of the conducting fluid and independently controlling the flow characteristics of at least one of the jet streams. The apparatus for electrospinning includes a conducting fluid introduction device containing a plurality of electrospinning spinnerets for delivering the conducting fluid, a ground member positioned adjacent to the spinnerets, a support member disposed between the spinnerets and the ground member and movable to receive fibers formed from the conducting fluid, and a means for controlling the flow characteristics of conducting fluid from at least one spinneret independently from the flow characteristics of conducting fluid from another spinneret. An improved conducting fluid introduction device which includes a plurality of spinnerets, each for independently delivering a controlled quantity of conducting fluid at a controlled pressure or flow rate, the spinnerets being charged at an electric potential and being disposed relative to each other to normally interfere with the electric field produced by adjacent spinnerets, each of the spinnerets having a tip at which conducting fluid exits configured to have an electrostatic field strength at each tip stronger than the liquid surface tension at each of the tips is also described.

A special-shaped spinneret plate for spinning heavy denier yarns comprises an elliptic body (1). 90-192 spinning holes (2) are arranged on the body (1). One side of each spinning hole (2) is a feed inlet. The other side of each spinning hole (2) is a discharge outlet. The plurality of spinning holes (2) are arranged in a three-layered concentric ellipse structure from inside to outside. The spinneret plate is capable of producing glazed heavy denier yarns of 300-500D. Due to heavier filament number, diameters of micropores are slightly larger than those of round holes of products of conventional specification, and flow speed of melts in the micropores can be lowered effectively. In addition, the ellipse spinneret plate is different from conventional round spinneret plates, distribution of the micropores is facilitated, enhancement of cooling effect of spun fibers is facilitated, cooling uniformity of the heavy denier yarn is improved, and dyeing effect of the heavy denier yarn is also improved.

The invention features methods and apparatuses for spinning silk protein fibers (biofilaments) from recombinant biofilament proteins. The methods are particularly useful for spinning fibers of spider silk or silkworm silk proteins from recombinant mammalian cells and may be used to spin such fibers for use in the manufacture of industrial and commercial products.

The invention discloses a porous carbon fiber and a preparation method thereof. The method comprises the following steps: spinning a spinning liquid composed of a pore forming agent, a high polymer and an organic solvent, carbonizing, and pickling to obtain the porous carbon fiber. The method has the advantages of simple preparation, high output and low cost, and allows the porous carbon fiber simultaneously having micro-pores, meso-pores and macro-pores to be prepared; and the carbon fiber prepared in the invention is more flexible than that of carbon fibers prepared through other methods.

Elevated temperature electrospinning apparatus comprises a pump upstream of or containing a resistance heater, means to shield applied electrostatic field from the resistance heater, and a temperature modulator for modulating temperature in the spinning region.

The invention relates to ring spinning method and device of equi-linear density space dyed yarn. The method comprises the following steps of: respectively feeding a fiber strip group (A) with the linear density tex T(A) and a fiber strip group (B) with the linear density tex T(B) into a fixed rear roller and a loop rear roller on a rear roller shaft through yarn guiding rods and grids; and feeding the fiber strip group (A) and the fiber strip group (B) with constant feeding quantity sum into a rear drawing region in any period of time under the process requirement that the feeding speeds of the fiber strip group (A) and the fiber strip group (B) vary with stages by adopting a speed coupling uniform feeding control method. After the strip collection of a strip collector, fiber strips are fed into a middle roller in different drawing ratios, converged in a front drawing region of a spinning machine, drawn and output by a front roller and twisted into equi-linear density space dyed yarn.

The invention discloses a method for preparing PAN (polyacrylonitrile)-based porous hollow carbon fibers by coaxial electrospinning. The method includes the steps: mixing polyacrylonitrile with additives to serve as outer solution; taking inner polymer to serve as inner solution; inputting the outer solution and the inner solution into outer layers and inner layers of coaxial needles respectively at the constant flow velocity and in the constant velocity ratio for electrospinning so that PAN-based sheath-core composite fibers are obtained; and subjecting the PAN-based sheath-core composite fibers to washing, pre-oxidation and carbonization so that the PAN-based porous hollow carbon fibers are obtained. The PAN-based porous hollow carbon fibers combine structural characteristics of original porous carbon fibers and original hollow carbon fibers, the specific surface area of the fibers can be greatly increased, and use efficiency of materials is improved. When the PAN-based porous hollow carbon fibers prepared by the method are applied to gas adsorption, gas can enter hollow portions of the fibers more easily, so that adsorbability is enhanced while time required by adsorption is shortened.

The invention relates to a springy polyester fiber and the preparing method. The technical problem of the invention to be solved is that the invention provides a springy fiber and the preparing method to make up the disadvantages of the capability of the spandex and the applying arrange. The springy fiber of the invention adopts the method of the compound filature and uses two screw extrusion machines to respectively melt the two components, and the product is obtained through the extrusion of the compound filature component. The invention is characterized in that the components of the springy fiber comprise two of the following high polymers which have heat shrinking capability difference: the high fasculation PETP, the PET, the PBT, the PTT with the weight proportion of 30-70:50.

The present invention relates to methods for producing fibers made from one or more polymers or polymer composites, and to structures that can be produced from such fibers. In one embodiment, the fibers of the present invention are nanofibers. The present invention also relates to apparatus for producing fibers made from one or more polymers or polymer composites, and methods by which such fibers are made.