Electrospinning of aequeous latex dispersions of water-insoluble polymers

Electrospinning of aequous dispersions of polysterene latex spheres together with some polyvenylalcohol results in fibres with chains of polysterene spheres as a backbone. The dynamics of the aggregation is modelled within an effective field ansatz for the flow and a two-particle potential for the latex sphere interactions. The simulations give backbones with different degrees of order and strength, in agreement with observations.