Electrospinning was patented by Anton Formhals in 1934 and is a combination of two techniques which are electrospray and spinning of fibres [8]. Fig. 2 displays a diagram of an electrospinning apparatus; it includes a capillary tube with a needle or pipette
(1), a high power voltage supply (2) and a collector (3).
A high electric field is both applied to the capillary tube, which has a melt or a polymeric solution, and to the collector.