The popularity of the electrospinning technique has allowed multiple technologies — tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and encapsulation of bioactive molecules — to emerge and significantly evolve over the past decade.
Electrospun fibers have a diameter from a few micrometers down to the nanometer range. Access to a scanning electron microscope (SEM) is therefore a necessity to check the electro-spun product quality (qualitatively and quantitatively) but also to gain information and optimize the process itself.
Having a SEM in-house allows for almost immediate visualization and quantification of the influence of process parameters on fiber morphology and the analysis of the fiber diameter, morphology, and orientation.
The Dutch company VIVOLTA is a leading player in the healthcare industry for contract development and production of electrospun medical devices. After an intensive study of the technology available in the market, it was decided to purchase a Thermo Phenom desktop SEM from the local SEM distributor Benelux Scientific. The desktop SEM will help the Vivolta team to significantly accelerate their product development and improve the quality control process so that they can deliver higher quality products to their customers.
