NanoQuEST is focused on investigating electrospinning, a method of creating nanofibres. Currently, the way we do this is to create a chemical solution and attach it to a 7,000 volt power supply, turn it on, and see what happens. 

As a QuEST we have been very successful in our investigations, presenting at conferences and making our research posters. Last year we got confirmation that some of our fibres were in fact nanofibers (that's 7.9x10-7 meters across) after looking at them under an electron microscope.

Despite the fact we are using a high voltage power supply, we take health and safety with a degree of seriousness, currently working on ensuring the table the apparatus is on is properly grounded at all times.

NanoQuEST currently heading up an investigation into how the age of spinning solutions affects the formation of fibres, and are creating a rotating drum to collect the fibres more effectively.