▁at ▁the ▁same ▁pressure ▁drop ▁is ▁possible ▁with ▁fib ers ▁having ▁diam eters ▁less ▁than ▁ 0 . 5 ▁mic rom eter . ▁ ▁Since ▁the ▁essential ▁properties ▁of ▁protect ive ▁cl othing ▁are ▁high ▁mo ist ure ▁v apor ▁transport , ▁increased ▁fabric ▁breath - ability , ▁and ▁en hanced ▁to xic ▁chemical ▁resistance , ▁electro sp un ▁nan of iber ▁memb ran es ▁are ▁good ▁candidates ▁for ▁these ▁applications . ▁ ▁Text ile ▁manufact uring ▁The ▁majority ▁of ▁early ▁pat ents ▁for ▁electro sp in ning ▁were ▁for ▁text ile ▁applications , ▁however ▁little ▁w oven ▁fabric ▁was ▁actually ▁produced , ▁perhaps ▁due ▁to ▁difficulties ▁in ▁handling ▁the ▁bare ly ▁visible ▁fib ers . ▁However , ▁electro sp in ning ▁has ▁the ▁potential ▁to ▁produce ▁se am less ▁non - w oven ▁gar ments ▁by ▁integr ating ▁advanced ▁manufact uring ▁with ▁fi ber ▁electro sp in ning . ▁This ▁would ▁introduce ▁multi - function ality ▁( fl ame , ▁chemical , ▁environmental ▁protection ) ▁by ▁bl ending ▁fib ers ▁into ▁electro sp in la ced ▁( using ▁electro sp in ning ▁to ▁combine ▁different ▁fib ers ▁and ▁coat ings ▁to ▁form ▁three - dimensional ▁shapes , ▁such ▁as ▁cl othing ) ▁layers ▁in ▁combination ▁with ▁polym er ▁coat ings . ▁ ▁Medical ▁Elect ro sp in ning ▁can ▁also ▁be ▁used ▁for ▁medical ▁purposes . ▁The ▁electro sp un ▁sc aff olds ▁made ▁for ▁t issue ▁engineering ▁applications ▁can ▁be ▁pen etr ated ▁with ▁cells ▁to ▁treat ▁or ▁replace ▁bi ological