Electrospun Polymers and Composites: Ultrafine Materials, High Performance Fibers and Wearables

Electrospun Polymers and Composites: Ultrafine Materials, High Performance Fibres and Wearables reviews the latest technological developments and innovations in electrospun polymers and composites, highlighting the multifunctionality of these ultrafine materials as high performance fibers. The book's chapters investigate a wide range of different electrospinning applications, including drug delivery, tissue scaffolding, fiber reinforcement and nanofiltration, with a particular focus on shape memory effect and the wearable characteristics of electrospun polymers and composites. This will be a valuable reference resource for research and for industrial communities working in the field of electrospinning.

Covers two important material systems in electrospun materials, including electrospun polymers and compositesEmphasizes areas in shape memory effect and wearable features of electrospun polymers and composites Presents a multidisciplinary work that will attract a wide spectrum of readers in chemical engineering, biomedical engineering, chemistry, pharmacy, environmental science, materials science and engineering, as well as mechanical and electrical engineering

Preface
1. Electrospun bioactive composites for neural tissue
engineering applications
2. Emulsion electrospun multicomponent scaffolds for tissue
engineering
3. Electrospun bioactive glass and organic-inorganic hybrid fibers
for tissue regeneration and drug delivery
4. Electrospinning of silk fibroin-based nanofibers and their
applications in tissue engineering
5. Electrospun polymeric composite nanofibers with cellulose
nanocrystals and their applications
6. Electrospun three-dimensional nanofibrous scaffolds based on
polycaprolacto
7. Electrospinning and electrospraying technologies for food
and packaging applications
8. Electrospun composite nanofibers as sensors for food analysis
9. Development of strong and tough electrospun fiber-reinforced
composites
10. Electrospun nanofibers for interfacial toughening and damage selfhealing of polymer composites and surface coatings
11. Unidirectionally aligned and randomly oriented electrospun
nanofibrous polyacrylonitrile membranes
12. Electrospinning of luminescence nanofibers: Current and future
trends in wearable light-emitting devices
13. Electrospun materials for wearable sensor applications in
healthcare
14. Electrospun tree-like nanofiber membrane: Fabrication and
applications for air and water treatments
15. Application of electrospun composite materials for algal
bioprocesses
16. Functionalizing nanofibrous materials for textile applications
17. Electrospun polymer nanocomposites for X-ray shielding
application
18. Electrospun shape-memory polymer fibers and their
applications
19. Electrospun nanofiber-based coatings for corrosion protection
of metallic surfaces
20. Modifications in metal oxide electrospun nanofibers for
environmental applications
21. Electrospun carbon nanofibers as electrode materials
for supercapacitor applications
22. Sol-gel electrospinning of diverse ceramic nanofibers and their
potential applications
23. Evolvement of spinneret in electrospinning toward large-scale
production of nanofibers
Index