From: Bartolo P, Kruth Jean-Pierre, Silva J, Levy G, Malshe A, Rajurkar K, Mitsuishi M , Ciurana J , Leu M. Biomedical production of implants by additive electro-chemical and physical processes, CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology 61 (2012) 635–655

Materials commonly used in electrospinning include :

Solution electrospinning: Polyethylene-co-vinyl acetate (PEVA/ PLA), Polylactic acid (PLA), Polyvinil alcohol (PVA), Polyacrylonitrile (PAN), Polycarbonate (PC), Polybenzimidazole (PBI), Polyurethanes (PU), Nylon6,6 (PA-6,6), Polyethylene oxide (PEO), Collagen/PEO, Polymethacrylate (PMMA)/ tetrahydroperfluorooctylacrylate (TAN), Polyaniline (PANI)/Polystyrene (PS), Silk like polymer with fibronectin functionality, Polyethylene Terephtalate (PET), Poly vinyl phenol (PVP), Polyvinylchloride (PVC), Cellulose acetate (CA), PVA/Silica, Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (HEMA), Polycaprolactone (PCL), PAN/TiO2, PCL/metal (gold or ZnO), alginate and gelatine.

Melt electrospinning: HDPE, Polypropylene (PP), Nylon 12 (PA- 12), Polyethylene terephthalate (PET), Polyethylene naphthalate (PEN), PET/ PEN.

Stereolithography

The nano-stereolithography system Advantages of nano SLG over conventional SLG

• Generation of radicals is more efficient

• Small concentrations of the two types of initiators are used, enabling the radiation to penetrate deeper into the polymer

• Combination of UV radiation and temperature increases the reaction rate and hence the fractional conversion values

• Curing reaction is more localised, improving the accuracy of the produced models

• The system has more tunability.

From: Bartolo P, Kruth Jean-Pierre, Silva J, Levy G, Malshe A, Rajurkar K, Mitsuishi M , Ciurana J , Leu M. Biomedical production of implants by additive electro-chemical and physical processes, CIRP Annals -Manufacturing Technology 61 (2012) 635–655