**Figure 1.**

*Antibacterial activity and effect of pH on its release (electrospun nanofibers containing cloxacillin) [6].*

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**Figure 2.**

*Electrospinning setup [11].*

*Electrospun Nanofibers: Characteristic Agents and Their Applications*

angora goats. Angora rabbits give us angora fibres [7].

extensively used method of producing nanofibers.

**2.1 Electrospinning mechanism**

Fibres can be natural - from animals or plants, or synthetic – man made. When fibres come from plants, cellulose is the polymer made from the sugar glucose that makes those fibres well-built. Natural fibres from plants include cotton, jute, hemp, sisal, and flax. Silk is formed from the cocoons of silkworms. Wool is soft hair that is cut from animals like sheep, goats, alpacas, llamas, and even rabbits. Both silk and wool are protein. Cashmere is an extra-soft fur from goats. Mohair is wool from

A lot of different polymers can be made into fibres. Fibres are formed when polymer chains are all lined up in the same direction [7]. Metallic fibres, Carbon fibres, fibreglass, mineral fibres, and polymer fibres are all subtypes of synthetic

Diverse types of natural and synthetic types of polymers are used to make nanofibers henceforth they exhibit unlike properties and applications. Instances of manmade polymers include poly lactic acid, polyurethane, polycaprolactone, polyethylene-co-vinyl acetate plus poly 3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate. Natural polymers comprise cellulose, collagen, gelatine, keratin, silk fibroin, then

There are many different methods to make nanofibers, including bicomponent

When the electrostatic force is applied on solutions or melts, electro-spinning produces fibres with diameters ranging from micrometre to nano-meter scale. A general electrospinning setup consists of three primary components: a syringe with a metallic needle, a high voltage power supply (usually in the kV range), and a grounded collector. When we consider a typical electrospinning course, high power is applied on melts/solutions. Consequently, suspended droplets are formed. A suspended droplet will collapse into a conical droplet as the electrostatic repulsion

alginate and chitosan. Polymer chains are linked via covalent bonds [9].

extrusion, drawing, electrospinning, thermal-induced phase separation, selfassembly template synthesis and centrifugal spinning [9, 10]. Electrospinning is an

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**2. Nanofiber's production**

fibres [8].
