Over the last decade, melt electrospinning has emerged as an alternative polymer
processing technology to alleviate concerns associated with solvents in traditional …

Hierarchically structured polymer fibers encompassing 1-D, 2-D, and 3-D structures with at
least one dimension nano-to micro-meters in size have recently received an increasing …

With the emergence of nanotechnology, researchers become more interested in studying
the unique properties of nanoscale materials. Electrospinning, an electrostatic fiber …

Academic and industrial research on nanofibres is an area of increasing global interest, as
seen in the continuously multiplying number of research papers and patents and the …

Since 2006, a rapid development has been achieved in a subject area, so called electro-
spinning/netting (ESN), which comprises the conventional electrospinning process and a …

Polyacrylonitrile (PAN), a well-known polymer with good stability and mechanical properties,
has been widely used in producing carbon nanofibers (CNFs) as these have attracted much …

Chitin is the second most important natural polymer in the world. The main sources exploited
are two marine crustaceans, shrimp and crabs. Our objective is to appraise the state of the …

Electrospinning provides a simple and versatile method for generating ultrathin fibers from a
rich variety of materials that include polymers, composites, and ceramics. This article …

Electrospinning is a highly versatile method to process solutions or melts, mainly of
polymers, into continuous fibers with diameters ranging from a few micrometers to a few …

Carbon nanofibers derived from electrospun precursors show great promise for electronic
applications owing to their flexibility, conductivity, high surface area, and open structure. The …