Issue 42, 2008
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Chemical Communications

Coaxial electrospinning of microfibres with liquid crystal in the core

Jan P. F. Lagerwall,*a   Jesse T. McCann,b   Eric Formo,b   Giusy Scalia*cd  and  Younan Xia*b  

* Corresponding authors

a Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Chemistry, Muehlpforte 1, 06108 Halle, Germany
E-mail: jan.lagerwall@lcsoftmatter.com
Fax: +49 345 5527 400
Tel: +49 345 5525 836

b Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University, Saint Louis, USA
E-mail: xia@biomed.wustl.edu

c Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstr. 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany

d ENEA CR Portici, 80055 Portici, NA, Italy
E-mail: giusy.scalia@solcanta.com

Abstract

Liquid crystal containing composite fibres were produced via coaxial electrospinning, demonstrating that this technique can be used for producing new functional fibres and/or to study the impact of extreme confinement on liquid crystal phases.

Graphical abstract: Coaxial electrospinning of microfibres with liquid crystal in the core

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B810450F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
19 Jun 2008
Accepted
05 Aug 2008
First published
12 Sep 2008

Chem. Commun., 2008, 5420-5422

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Coaxial electrospinning of microfibres with liquid crystal in the core

J. P. F. Lagerwall, J. T. McCann, E. Formo, G. Scalia and Y. Xia, Chem. Commun., 2008, 5420 DOI: 10.1039/B810450F

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