diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 75c9ace64f70470cf2bd23e6df3313673f5282e6..ad20085d9225ac3c1d6c057b11b92ca7158adab0 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,2 +1,20 @@ -# rotary_jet_spinning +# rotary jet spinning + +rotary jet spinning (RJS) method for producing medium-scale quanities of nanotextiles for filter mask material. + +## current projects & background +##### [Rotary Jet spinning](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3704151/) method developed by [Holly Mcllwee at Harvard Disease Biophysics Group](http://diseasebiophysics.seas.harvard.edu/research/nanotextiles/) + + +##### [Project 1000x1000](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aACcbkyZjR7nZy_wWeGQ9U2iGy0y4QajBeOL8RqAZIQ/edit?pli=1#) developed at [Prakash Lab at Stanford](http://web.stanford.edu/group/prakash-lab/cgi-bin/labsite/publications/) +Characterization of N95 masks with SEM + + +> TODO: test other filter materials in the SEM ... + +#### FibeRio Cyclone L 1000 +- industrial laboratory machine for higher volume production of nanofibers +- "Forcespinning" trademark technique +- [Cyclone L 1000](https://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/11/prweb4740564.htm) release, but then no website for FibeRio or equipment - where did they go? +- reported to produce 12,000 g/hr