Tethered Pyro-Electrohydrodynamic Spinning for Patterning Well-Ordered Structures at Micro- and Nanoscale

Although electrospinning (ES) allows the production of unsurpassed nanoscale polymer fibers, the major drawbacks are the nozzle-clogging and single-jet spinneret, respectively. This is a real limitation in terms of usable polymers and for patterning active organics. Nowadays the micro-engineering of smart materials could represent a new route for many fields of technology ranging from the production of electronic and photonic devices1-3 to regenerative medicine and tissue engineering.4-7