The charge effect of cationic surfactants on the elimination of fibre beads in the electrospinning of polystyrene

By Tong Lin, Hongxia Wang, Huimin Wang, Xungai Wang. 2004

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Preparations, properties and applications of chitosan based nanofibers fabricated by electrospinning (2011, background): “To overcome this defect, salts [22], ionic surfactants [23] or ionic polyelectrolytes [24] can be added into the polymer solution to improve the net charge density that enhances the whipping instability.”
Functional electrospun nanofibrous scaffolds for biomedical applications. (2007, background): “Due to these advantages, electrospun nanofibrous scaffolds have been widely investigated in the past several years with materials of different compositions [3–10] for applications of varying end-uses, such as filtration [11–13], optical and chemical sensors [14–19], electrode materials [20–23], and ”
Recent advances in nanofibre fabrication techniques (2012, unknown): “2011–5:57pm] [1–19] K:/TRJ/TRJ 424524.”
Preparation, structure and supercapacitance of bonded carbon nanofiber electrode materials (2011, methodology): “PVP/PAN blend nanofibers were electrospun using a conventional electrospinning setup [33].”
Needleless melt-electrospinning of polypropylene nanofibres (2012, methodology): “In addition, surfactants have been used as an additive to prevent the formation of fibre beads and to reduce the fibre diameter during solution electrospinning [38].”
A Review: Electrospinning of Biopolymer Nanofibers and their Applications (2008, methodology): “To counter this, additives such as salts 150 or surfactants 189 can be used.”