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-# rotary_jet_spinning
+# rotary jet spinning
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+rotary jet spinning (RJS) method for producing medium-scale quanities of nanotextiles for filter mask material. 
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+## 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/)
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+##### [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 
+![](N95_SEM.jpg)
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+> 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