Influence of size of collector on electric field distribution and fiber receiving of electrospinning

An electrospinning setup with different sizes of collectors was developed to study influences on the electric field distribution,the fiber diameter and fiber mat thickness,and some contradistinctive experiments were conducted respectively in the single-needle and the single-hole electrospinning setups to measure fiber diameter and thickness distributions of fiber mats. Both single-needle and single-hole setup electric field distribution were simulated using Maxwell software,and the simulation results were used to explain the results of experiments. The results of the experiment and simulation demonstrate that more uniform electric field,fibers with smaller diameters and more uniform fiber mats can be achieved by using collectors of smaller size. Obviously,a conclusion can be drawn that collectors with small size can enhance the fiber receiving of electrospinning