Tubes

Electrospinning is able to fabricate tubes out of nanofibers with various arrangements. The nanofibers may be randomly oriented, aligned along the radius of the tube, along the longitudinal axis, or diagonally aligned.

Portion of the nanofibrous tube showing oblique fiber alignment (Teo W E et al. Nanotechnology 2005; 16: 918. © Copyright (2005) IOP Publishing Ltd. http://www.iop.org.).

Electrospun nanofibrous tube