Electrohydrodynamic atomization: A two-decade effort to produce and process micro-/nanoparticulate materials.

ABSTRACT: Electrohydrodynamic atomization (EHDA), also called electrospray technique, has been studied for more than one century. However, since 1990s it has begun to be used to produce and process micro-/nanostructured materials. Owing to the simplicity and flexibility in EHDA experimental setup, it has been successfully employed to generate particulate materials with controllable compositions, structures, sizes, morphologies, and shapes. EHDA has also been used to deposit micro- and nanoparticulate materials on surfaces in a well-controlled manner. All these attributes make EHDA a fascinating tool for preparing and assembling a wide range of micro- and nanostructured materials which have been exploited for use in pharmaceutics, food, and healthcare to name a few. Our goal is to review this field,

SUBMITTER: Xie J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4322784 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature