Electrospun Polymers and Composites: Ultrafine Materials, High Performance Fibers and Wearables

by Yu Dong, Avinash Baji, Seeram Ramakrishna

Overview

Electrospun Polymers and Composites: Ultrafine Materials, High Performance Fibres and Wearables reviews the latest technological developments and innovations in electrospun polymers and composites, highlighting the multifunctionality of these ultrafine materials as high performance fibers. The book's chapters investigate a wide range of different electrospinning applications, including drug delivery, tissue scaffolding, fiber reinforcement and nanofiltration, with a particular focus on shape memory effect and the wearable characteristics of electrospun polymers and composites. This will be a valuable reference resource for research and for industrial communities working in the field of electrospinning.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780128196113
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	10/21/2020
Series:	Woodhead Publishing Series in Composites Science and Engineering
Pages:	834
Product dimensions:	5.94(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Yu Dong is a senior lecturer within the School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at Curtin University, Perth, Australia. His main research interests are polymer nanocomposites, electrospun nanofibres/nanocomposites, green composites, nanomaterial processing and characterisation, micromechanical modelling, finite element analysis, statistical design of experiments and engineering education. He has published over 70 peer-reviewed journal articles and 30 fully referred conference papers, written 10 book chapters and edited 3 technical books. He serves as an associate editor of two international journals, with the specialty recognition of nanomaterials and nanocomposites.

Dr. Avinash Baji is a Lecturer at La Trobe University (Melbourne, Australia). He has authored and co-authored over 50 journal articles, with additional papers in conference proceedings and refereed abstracts. Some of these research papers are highly cited with three publications specially featured in (i) Lab Talk, nanotechweb.org on June 2, 2011; (ii) the Top 25 Hottest Articles by Composite Science and Technology; and (iii) the list of Most Downloaded Composite Science and Technology Articles. Additionally, one of his recent publication entitled, ‘Gecko-inspired dry adhesive based on micro-nanoscale hierarchical arrays for application in climbing devices’ has received media attention.

Seeram Ramakrishna is the Director of the Center for Nanofibres and Nanotechnology at the National University of Singapore (NUS), which is ranked among the top 20 universities in the world. He is regarded as the modern father of electrospinning. He is an elected Fellow of UK Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng); Singapore Academy of Engineering; Indian National Academy of Engineering; and ASEAN Academy of Engineering & Technology. He is an elected Fellow of the International Union of Societies of Biomaterials Science and Engineering (FBSE); Institution of Engineers Singapore; ISTE, India; Institution of Mechanical Engineers and Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining, UK; and American Association of the Advancement of Science; ASM International; American Society for Mechanical Engineers; American Institute for Medical & Biological Engineering, USA. He is an editor of Elsevier journal Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering.

Table of Contents

Preface
1. Electrospun bioactive composites for neural tissue engineering applications
2. Emulsion electrospun multicomponent scaffolds for tissue engineering
3. Electrospun bioactive glass and organic-inorganic hybrid fibers for tissue regeneration and drug delivery
4. Electrospinning of silk fibroin-based nanofibers and their applications in tissue engineering
5. Electrospun polymeric composite nanofibers with cellulose nanocrystals and their applications
6. Electrospun three-dimensional nanofibrous scaffolds based on polycaprolacto
7. Electrospinning and electrospraying technologies for food and packaging applications
8. Electrospun composite nanofibers as sensors for food analysis
9. Development of strong and tough electrospun fiber-reinforced composites
10. Electrospun nanofibers for interfacial toughening and damage selfhealing of polymer composites and surface coatings
11. Unidirectionally aligned and randomly oriented electrospun nanofibrous polyacrylonitrile membranes
12. Electrospinning of luminescence nanofibers: Current and future trends in wearable light-emitting devices
13. Electrospun materials for wearable sensor applications in healthcare
14. Electrospun tree-like nanofiber membrane: Fabrication and applications for air and water treatments
15. Application of electrospun composite materials for algal bioprocesses
16. Functionalizing nanofibrous materials for textile applications
17. Electrospun polymer nanocomposites for X-ray shielding application
18. Electrospun shape-memory polymer fibers and their applications
19. Electrospun nanofiber-based coatings for corrosion protection of metallic surfaces
20. Modifications in metal oxide electrospun nanofibers for environmental applications
21. Electrospun carbon nanofibers as electrode materials for supercapacitor applications
22. Sol-gel electrospinning of diverse ceramic nanofibers and their potential applications
23. Evolvement of spinneret in electrospinning toward large-scale production of nanofibers
Index

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Focuses on the use of electrospun polymeric fibers as reinforcements in conventional composite systems