Electrospun Nanofiber Membranes—Preparation and Application
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2024 | Viewed by 163
Special Issue Editor
Interests: nanofiber membranes; hydrogels; nanofiber aerogels
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Dear Colleagues,
We usually define nanofibers as fibers with diameters of less than 100 nanometers. These nanofibers have a very large surface-to-volume ratio and have become an exciting new material that can be used in many applications requiring high porosity, such as energy storage, healthcare, environmental engineering, biotechnology, and information technology.
To fabricate submicron polymeric nanofibers, a number of processing techniques, such as electrospinning, multi-component spinning, melt-blowing, flash spinning, template synthesis, self-assembly, and nanolithography, have been demonstrated. The effectiveness of these techniques is determined by the overall consideration of applicable polymers, attainable fiber assembly, production rate, and production cost. Among these techniques, electrospinning is an extraordinary, versatile process that can create nanofibers from a very wide range of polymeric materials. The practicality of electrospinning has been greatly improved with recent advances in mass production scalability, leading to higher production rates and lower-cost materials.
This Special Issue “Electrospun Nanofiber Membranes - Preparation and Application” covers the design, preparation, and characterization of electrospun nanofiber membranes materials, as well as their applications in different areas, etc. This Special Issue welcomes contributions on (but not limited to):
- Advanced application of electrospun nanofiber membranes in wastewater treatment;
- Electrospun nanofiber membranes applied for air firtration;
- Electrospun nanofiber membranes applied for flexible electronic materials;
- Electrospun nanofiber membranes applied for biomedical application;
- Removal of bacterial pathogens using electrospun nanofiber membranes;
- Electrospun nanofiber membranes as ultrathin flexible supercapacitors.
Dr. Wenjing Ma
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- membrane materials
- electrospinning
- design
- preparation
- application
