Advances in Polymer Nanofibers

Dear Colleagues,

Polymer nanofiber is a one-dimensional soft nanomaterial in nanometer scale, exhibiting unique physicochemical properties and characteristics, such as high surface-to-mass ratio, high porosity with excellent pore interconnectivity, flexibility with reasonable mechanical strength, and easiness to interact with other organic and inorganic materials. Technologies on polymer nanofibers have largely influenced the field in materials science and engineering to create new types of material platforms in a wide range of applications. To date, the technologies on fiber formations with functional polymers, structural and morphological controls, and functionality incorporations by physical blending or chemical reactions have enabled tremendous and rapid advances in various fields in biomedical, energy, environmental, and electronic engineering by accompanying fundamental and applied experimental and theoretical studies. All these achievements should be explored and merged for the next-generation materials towards ideal target properties.

This Special Issue aims to focus on recent research efforts and advances to create functional materials with precisely tailored and engineered polymer nanofibers achieving desirable physical/chemical properties for target applications. Topics possibly include fiber formations with novel functional polymers, fundamental science on fiber formations, post-processing to impart functionalities, composite fabrications, emerging biomedical, energy, environmental, and electronic applications, amongst many others.

Prof. Myungwoong Kim
Dr. Hoik Lee
Guest Editors

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