Functional materials by electrospinning of polymers

S Agarwal, A Greiner, JH Wendorff - Progress in Polymer Science, 2013 - Elsevier
About a decade ago electrospinning was primarily concerned with the preparation of
nanofibers from synthetic polymers and to a lower degree from natural polymers targeting …

Electrospun fibers for tissue engineering, drug delivery, and wound dressing

YF Goh, I Shakir, R Hussain - Journal of Materials Science, 2013 - Springer
Electrospinning, a technique well known for fabricating nanoscale fibers, has recently been
studied extensively due to its various advantages such as high surface-to-volume ratio …

Robust Superamphiphobic Film from Electrospun TiO2 Nanostructures

VA Ganesh, SS Dinachali, AS Nair… - ACS applied materials …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Rice-shaped TiO2 nanostructures are fabricated by electrospinning for creating a robust
superamphiphobic coating on glass substrates. The as-fabricated TiO2 nanostructures …

Dye-sensitized solar cells based on anatase TiO2/multi-walled carbon nanotubes composite nanofibers photoanode

P Du, L Song, J Xiong, N Li, L Wang, Z Xi, N Wang… - Electrochimica …, 2013 - Elsevier
Anatase TiO2/multi-walled carbon nanotubes (TiO2/MWCNTs) hybrid nanofibers (NFs) film
was prepared via a facile electrospinning method. Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) based …

High surface area electrospun prickle-like hierarchical anatase TiO 2 nanofibers for dye-sensitized solar cell photoanodes

YP Lin, SY Lin, YC Lee, YW Chen-Yang - Journal of Materials …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
In this study, a prickle-like hierarchical anatase TiO2 nanofiber (HTF) was synthesized via an
electrospinning method followed by a template-free alkali hydrothermal process and …

One-pot hydrothermal synthesis of TiO 2/graphene nanocomposites for enhanced visible light photocatalysis and photovoltaics

GS Anjusree, AS Nair, SV Nair, S Vadukumpully - RSC advances, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Two dimensional (2D) nanostructures such as graphene have been attracting increasing
research interest in the recent past due to their superior material properties. Herein, we …

Fabricating fiber, rice and leaf-shaped TiO 2 by tuning the chemistry between TiO 2 and the polymer during electrospinning

GS Anjusree, A Bhupathi, A Balakrishnan… - RSC …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrospinning is a facile technique for the fabrication of nanofibers (one-dimensional, 1D,
nanostructures) of metals, metal oxides and polymers on a commercial scale which find …

Advancement in textile technology for defence application

B Kandasubramanian… - Defence Science Journal, 2013 - search.proquest.com
The early development of textiles involved use of natural materials like cotton, wool and flax.
The advent of the new technology revolutionized textiles which enables to develop synthetic …

Chemically modified titanium oxide nanostructures for dye-sensitized solar cells

Y Ling, JK Cooper, Y Yang, G Wang, L Munoz, H Wang… - Nano Energy, 2013 - Elsevier
We report a simple and yet powerful method to improve the performance of TiO 2-based N3
dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) by hydrogen-treatment of TiO 2 nanostructures as …

Effects of hydrochloric acid treatment of TiO2 nanoparticles/nanofibers bilayer film on the photovoltaic properties of dye-sensitized solar cells

L Song, P Du, X Shao, H Cao, Q Hui, J Xiong - Materials Research Bulletin, 2013 - Elsevier
The TiO2 nanoparticles/nanofibers bilayer film has been fabricated via spin coating and
electrospinning followed by calcination. The TiO2 bilayer film with thickness of about 6.0 μm …