Chloe Howard
Postgraduate Research Student
Academic and research departments
School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences.About
My research project
Ultralight Sponges for Tissue RegenerationUltralight sponges fabricated from bio-compatible polymer nanofibres are ideal scaffolds for cellular attachment and assembly and growth into tissues. Nanofibres sponges are fabricated using electrospinning, a process where a very high voltage is used to draw a very thin fibre jet from a droplet of dissolved polymer. During the drawing process, the molecules in the fibre align with the stretching direction and the electric field, such that the end material has many superior mechanical and electrical advantages over any other form of polymer film, increasing the strength of carbon-fibre composites and making the most effective viral mask filters.
Supervisors
Ultralight sponges fabricated from bio-compatible polymer nanofibres are ideal scaffolds for cellular attachment and assembly and growth into tissues. Nanofibres sponges are fabricated using electrospinning, a process where a very high voltage is used to draw a very thin fibre jet from a droplet of dissolved polymer. During the drawing process, the molecules in the fibre align with the stretching direction and the electric field, such that the end material has many superior mechanical and electrical advantages over any other form of polymer film, increasing the strength of carbon-fibre composites and making the most effective viral mask filters.