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. 2021 Jun 11;11(6):1544. doi: 10.3390/nano11061544

Table 1.

Polymers and solvents commonly used for electrospinning.

Polymer Solvent Weight of Polymer, wt%
PEO Water 1–4
DMF 7
Chitosan/water (1:1) 2
PVA Water 12
Ethanol/water (1:1) 8–10
PVP Ethanol 4.50
Water 10
DMF 14
PMMA Tetrahydrofuran 10
Acetone 10
CHCl3 10
PS CHCl3 20
Tetrahydrofuran 20

DMF—dimethylformamide; PEO—poly(ethylene oxide); PMMA—polymethyl methacrylate; PS—polystyrene; PVA—poly(vinyl alcohol), PVP—polyvinylpyrrolidone; sources: data extracted from [48].