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Applications of Electrospun Nanofibers in Sensors and Devices
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Applications of Electrospun Nanofibers in Sensors and Devices

A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanoelectronics, Nanosensors and Devices".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2023) | Viewed by 2897

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Prof. Dr. Mingwei Tian

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College of Textiles and Clothing, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
Interests: functional fibers; textile-based sensors; smart garment
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Dr. Kun Fu

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Center for Composite Materials, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA
Interests: additive manufacturing; textile-based functional device; fiber composite; energy
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

With the rapid development of the Internet of Things, wearable sensors and devices have attracted a great deal of attention from the scientific and industrial fields, particularly in the electrospun nanofibers research area. Wearable nanofiber-based sensors and devices are an emerging group of sensors that are flexible, wearable, comfortable, and have a seamless connection with the human body. Therefore, a special collection on the topic of applications of electrospun nanofibers in sensors and devices is urgently needed.

This special collection attempts to bring together multidisciplinary interests devoted to all aspects of research and development of wearable textile-based sensors and smart clothes within the following topics:

  • Fundamentals and physics of nanofiber-based sensors;
  • Piezoresistive/Piezoelectric/Capacitance nanofiber-based fibers, yarns, fabric and sensors;
  • Wireless connection of nanofiber-based sensors and devices;
  • Thermal and moisture nanofiber-based sensors and devices;
  • Design of smart nanofiber-based smart clothes;
  • Textile-based electronic skin;
  • Comfortable and durable of smart clothes.

Prof. Dr. Mingwei Tian
Dr. Kun Fu
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • wearable devices
  • nanofiber-based sensors
  • sensing performance
  • smart clothes
  • seamless integration of smart clothes
  • comfortable

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Weft-Knitted Spacer Fabric for Highly Stretchable–Compressible Strain Sensor, Supercapacitor, and Joule Heater
by Lu Dou, Zhen Zeng, Deshan Cheng, Shengyu Li, Wei Ke and Guangming Cai
Nanomaterials 2022, 12(20), 3684; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12203684 - 20 Oct 2022
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The development of wearable electronic devices has greatly stimulated the research interest of textile-based strain sensors, which can effectively combine functionality with wearability. In this work, the fabrication of highly stretchable and compressible strain sensors from weft-knitted spacer fabric was reported. Carbon nanotubes [...] Read more.
The development of wearable electronic devices has greatly stimulated the research interest of textile-based strain sensors, which can effectively combine functionality with wearability. In this work, the fabrication of highly stretchable and compressible strain sensors from weft-knitted spacer fabric was reported. Carbon nanotubes and polypyrrole were deposited on the surface of fabric via an in situ polymerization approach to reduce the electrical resistance. The as-fabricated WSP-CNT-PPy strain sensor exhibits high electrical conductivity and stable strain-sensing performance under different stretching deformations. The WSP-CNT-PPy strain sensor can be stretched up to 450% and compressed to 60% with a pressure of less than 50 KPa, which can be attributed to the unique loop and interval filament structures. The distinguishing response efficiency of WSP-CNT-PPy can effectively detect faint and strenuous body movements. In addition, the electrochemical behavior of WSP-CNT-PPy was also characterized to study the comprehensive properties. The electro-heating performance was also evaluated for feasible Joule heater applications. This work demonstrates the practicability of WSP-CNT-PPy strain sensor fabric for real-time monitoring in promising wearable garments. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applications of Electrospun Nanofibers in Sensors and Devices)
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Centrifugal Spinning Enables the Formation of Silver Microfibers with Nanostructures
by Xujing Zhang, Songsong Tang, Zhaokun Wu, Ye Chen, Zhen Li, Zongqian Wang and Jian Zhou
Nanomaterials 2022, 12(13), 2145; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12132145 - 22 Jun 2022
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Silver nanowires (AgNWs) have received much attention and application in transparent electrodes, wearable electronic devices, and sensors. The hope is for these nanowires to eventually replace the most commonly used transparent electrode material—indium tin oxide (ITO). However, electrospinning used for the preparation of [...] Read more.
Silver nanowires (AgNWs) have received much attention and application in transparent electrodes, wearable electronic devices, and sensors. The hope is for these nanowires to eventually replace the most commonly used transparent electrode material—indium tin oxide (ITO). However, electrospinning used for the preparation of AgNWs on a large scale is limited by its low productivity and high electric field, while the alcohol-thermal method is limited to mixing by-product silver nanoparticles in silver nanowires. We demonstrate a novel and simple centrifugal spinning approach in order to successfully fabricate ultra-long silver microfibers based on AgNO3 and polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP). The centrifugal-spun precursor fiber and silver fiber can be prepared to as thin as 390 and 310 nm, respectively. Annealed fibers show typical nanostructures with grains down to a minimum size of 51 nm. Combinations of different parameters, including concentrations of PVP, needle size, and annealing temperature are also investigated, in order to optimize the spinning process of ultra-long silver microfibers. The feasibility of preparing silver microfibers by centrifugal spinning is preliminarily verified, examining prospects for mass production. Furthermore, numerous strategies related to assisting the creation of silver nanofibers using centrifugal spinning are presented as possibilities in future development. Full article
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