Cover -- About Rapra Review Reports -- Previous Titles Still Available -- Table of Contents -- 1 ELECTROSPINNINGDEVELOPMENT -- 1.1 Early Electrospinning (1600-1995) -- 1.2 Recent History (1995-present) -- 2 BACKGROUND THEORY -- 2.1 Polymer Solutions -- 2.1.1 Intermolecular and Solute/Solvent Interactions in Polymers -- 2.1.2 Viscoelasticity -- 2.1.3 Surface Tension -- 2.1.4 Conductivity -- 2.2 External Forces -- 2.2.1 Electrodynamic Force -- 2.2.2 Surface Charge -- 2.2.3 Fluid Pressure -- 3 ELECTROSPINNINGPROCESSES AND APPARATUS -- 3.1 Simple Process Description -- 3.1.1 Axis Conventions -- 3.1.2 Basic Physics of Electrospinning -- 3.2 Process Models -- 3.2.1 Jet Initiation -- 3.2.2 Jet Thinning -- 3.2.3 Fluid Instabilities -- 3.2.4 Bending Instability -- 3.2.5 Polymer Chain Alignment -- 3.3 Process Parameters -- 3.3.1 Solution Parameters -- 3.3.2 Processing Variables -- 3.3.3 Environmental Conditions -- 3.4 Core Apparatus -- 3.5 Modifications and Additions to Core Apparatus -- 3.5.1 Polymer Supply Modifications -- 3.5.2 Electrostatic Field Modifications -- 3.5.3 Collector Modifications -- 4 APPLICATIONS -- 4.1 Nanoscale Materials -- 4.2 High Tensile Strength Fibres -- 4.3 Surface Area to Volume Ratio -- 4.4 Medical Applications -- 4.5 Materials Applications -- 4.6 Industrial Applications -- 4.7 Electronics and Energy Applications -- 5 MATERIALS -- References -- Abstracts from the Polymer Library Database -- Subject Index -- Company Index -- DOCUMENTS DIRECT.