Electrospun fabrics

Chen, L., Bromberg, L., Lee, J.A., et al. 2010. Multifunctional electrospun fabrics via layer-by-layer electrostatic assembly for chemical and biological protection. 

A variety of fabrics styles are employed in dust collection, these being chosen according to the physical forces that will be imposed by the filter and the quantity and abrasive nature of the dust being collected. As a consequence, for reverse air and pulsejet filters needlefelts are preferred whereas for shake filters both woven and needlefelt structures are used. By comparison for cartridge filters spunbonded, meltblown and electrospun fabrics are more likely to be found. 

Teng M, Wang H, Li F, Zhang B (2011) Thioether-functionalized mesoporous fiber membranes sol-gel combined electrospun fabrication and their applications for Hg2+ removal. J Colloid Interface Sci 355 23-28... 

Moreover, there were other reports on the electrospun PI composite Qin et al. reported the fluorescent performance of electrospun PI web mixed with hemicyanine dye (Figure 9), pointed out that the nano fiber structure were helpful to the fluorescence (Qin et al., 2009) Cheng et al. reported the preparation of nonwoven Pl/silica hybrid fabrics by combining electrospinning and controlled in situ sol-gel techniques, their product had better mechanical and thermal properties than ordinary PI electrospun fabrics (Cheng et al., 2009). 

Fennessey, S. F., A. Pedicini, and R. J. Farris (2006). Mechanical behavior of nonwoven electrospun fabrics and yams. In Polymeric Nanofibers. ACS Symposium Series 918. Edited by D. H. Reneker and H. Fong. Oxford University Press (USA), p. 403. 

Gu Y, Chen D, Jiao X, Liu F (2007) LiCo02-MgO coaxial fibers co-electrospun fabrication, characterization and electrochemical properties. J Mater Chem 17(18) 1769-1776. doi 10.1039/b614205b... 

Zhan SH, Chen DR, Jiao XL, Tao CH (2006) Long IIO2 hollow fibers with mesoporous walls sol-gel combined electrospun fabrication and photocatalytic properties. J Phys Chem... 

Kwon and coworkers prepared a series of nano- to microstmctured biodegradable PCLA porous fabrics by electrospinning. The nanoscale-fiber porous fabrics were electrospun with PCLA (1 1 mole ratio, approximately 0.3-1.2 mm in diameter) using l,l,l,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-propanol as a solvent. 

Kwon K, Kidoaki S, and Matsuda T. Electrospun nano- to microfiber fabrics made of biodegradable copolyesters Structural characteristics, mechanical properties and cell adhesion potential. Biomaterials, 2005, 26, 3929-3939. 

As a means of incorporating the fiber sensors into systems, incorporation of in-line fiber sensors into non-woven fabrics was explored. In order to incorporate an in-line sensor into a textile fabric, a spun-bonded base fabric was taken and an in-line fiber sensor was placed on top of it. Subsequently, non-woven fibers of polyurethane were electrospun on top of the optical fiber sensor to hold the sensor fiber in its position, thereby incorporating it in a non-woven fabric matrix. The electro-spinning was carried out at a voltage of 18 KV using a solution of polyurethane in the solvent DMP. 

Similarly Shalumon et al. also fabricated electrospun porous poly(lactic acid) (PLA) multiscale scaffolds and evaluated their physicochemical and biological properties in detail [53]. These multiscale scaffolds were developed through a bimodal fiber fabrication system. The three main solution properties, solution viscosity, conductivity, and surface tension, were determined to be the governing... 

Synthetic acrylic nanofibers were the first polymers to be electrospun by a process in which a grounded surface was used as a target to collect fibers emanating from a charged source [2]. Those conditions used some 40 years ago are still being employed today to enable the fabrication of almost all other polymer materials. There are a vast number of degradable synthetic polymer materials from which... 

Li WJ et al (2006) Fabrication and characterization of six electrospun poly(alpha-hydroxy ester)-based fibrous scaffolds for tissue engineering applications. Acta Biomater 2(4) 377-385... 

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