Manufacturing and Application of Modified Nanofiber Composites
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2021) | Viewed by 3326
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Despite the fact that the manufacturing of nanofibers has been known of since the late 19th century, the renaissance of their application belongs to the beginning of the 21st century. The question is why? The nanofibers attract attention primarily because of the unique properties resulting from their highly developed surface area. The second factor is the possibility of forming nanofibers using raw materials which cannot be processed into a fibrous form using classical methods. These unique features of the nanofibers are employed in the production of composite materials as reinforcing fibers, creating the possibility of expanding the interphase surface and giving the composite materials new functional properties. For more than a century, the development of products with the participation of nanofibers was limited by the efficiency of the technological processes. Therefore, the development of new processing techniques ensuring the profitability of the project is the main key to increasing the scale of production of the new materials themselves, as well as composite materials modified with nanofibers. Therefore, this special edition will be oriented towards presenting recent achievements in the fields of:
- high-efficient nanofibers manufacturing processes;
- technology for the introduction of nanofibers into composite matrices;
- research on the nanofibers/matrix interphase;
- technological processes of the chemical and physico-chemical modification of nanofibers to increase the fiber-to-matrix adhesion and the functionality of composites;
- new methods for assessing the properties of nanofibers and composites reinforced with them;
- new areas of application of modified nanofiber composites.
Prof. Dr. Izabella Krucińska
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nanofibers
- nanofibers/matrix interphase
- specific surface area
- nanofiber-to-matrix adhesion
- modified nanofiber composites
