Self-Cleaning Surfaces: State-of-the-Art and Emerging Medical Applications
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2022) | Viewed by 352
Special Issue Editor
Interests: high performance fiber; plasticization; antiplasticization; carbon precursors; wearable strain sensors; sweat sensors; nanomaterials systhesis; biobased nanomaterials; polymer nanocomposites; nano fibrous materials; spinning; smart textiles; sustainable
Special Issue Information
Recently, industry and research communities around the globe once again realized the importance of self-cleaning surfaces (SCSs) and nonwovens (i.e., facemasks, bandages, dressings) with superhydrophobic, antiviral and antimicrobial attributes, due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic. A highly stable and durable SCS that can prevent the transmission and spread of COVID-19 virus as well as other microbes via fomites is in great demand in various fields such as clothing, furniture, regularly touched objects, oil/water separation, antifouling and personal protective equipment (PPE) and technical textiles used in medical fields, etc. The ideal SCS should be durable, superhydrophobic, antiviral, antimicrobial and robust enough for long-term use without degradation in performance. Structural integrity and durability restrict wider applications of SCSs as well as the commercialization of techniques. Surface chemistry and surface morphology are two critical factors in the fabrication of SCS. A rational choice of materials selection and structure design trigger the necessity of interdisciplinary collaboration among materials science, chemistry, engineering, biology, nanotechnology, and so on. This method collection focuses on recent key advances in techniques for the fabrication of surfaces with controlled wettability, underlying mechanisms and SCSs for personal protective equipment (PPE) applications.
Dr. Manik Chandra Biswas
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- self-cleaning surfaces
- hydrophobicity
- antiviral and antimicrobial
- textiles
- nonwovens
- PPE medical fields
