Week 5 Update

We were unable to spin this week, due in part to the much higher humidity and the higher temperature in comparison to previous spinning sessions.  Both temperature and humidity have an effect on electrospinning - in the case of polyalhimine and milled nanodiamonds, higher humidity has the effect of raising the average fiber diameter up to a point, after which the solution becomes impossible to spin.  Hopefully, next week will be cooler and less humid due to the recent thunderstorm, which will allow our solution to spin again.  Also coming up next week: a post on the history of electrospinning.