Fundamentals of Electrospinning & Electrospun Nanofibers

By:  Tong Lin and Jian Fang, Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University

NEW!  A comprehensive reference analyzing the methods whereby nanofibers are spun, collected and fabricated into various fibrous structures. The text explains the workings, quantitative specifications and set-up of virtually all formation technologies, including solvent and solvent-free, as well as needle and needleless spinning methods for nanofibers made from polymers, carbon and other materials. 

Practical information is focused on understanding and designing devices to fabricate nanofibers with many different shapes and internal structures. Special attention is also given to strategies for overcoming defects in nanofibers and controlling their overall quality. Additional references, illustrations, charts, data, and useful calculations are included on nearly every page of this comprehensive text. 

 The book covers a broad range of topics, including chapters on:

• Nanofibers, Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology 
• Electrospinning 
• Electrospun Fibers: Morphologies and Unique Properties 
• Improvement of Fiber Quality 
• Advanced Needle Electrospinning 
• Needleless Electrospinning 
• Control of Nanofiber Deposition 
• Nanofiber Yarns 
• Applications of Electrospun Nanofibers 
• Inorganic Nanofibers 
• Packed with illustrations, charts, data, and useful calculations

 “This book will be useful both to students…and those researchers who actively work in materials science and engineering, nanotechnology, fibers and textiles…I am confident it will be a valuable resource to promote the development of various electrospun nanofibers and yarns for practical applications.”

From the Foreword by Liming Dai, Case Western Reserve University

About the authors:

Professor Tong Lin received this PhD degree in physical chemistry in 1998. He is an ARC Future Fellow, Professor and Personal Chair in Fibrous Materials at the Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University. He has been an active researcher to contribute to the development of electrospinning techniques and novel applications of nanofibers. Lin has published over 190 peer-reviewed journal articles, 26 books/book chapters, and 70 other papers. Recognized as an expert in his field, Prof. Lin has been awarded a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC, UK). 

Dr. Jian Fang has a background in textile engineering and materials. He earned his PhD in materials engineering at Deakin University in 2009. His research interests include electro-active fibrous electrodes for biomedical and energy applications, electrospinning and electrospun nanofibers and novel fibrous structures. 

Prof. Liming Dai, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, joined Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) in fall 2009 as the Kent Hale Smith Professor in the Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering. He is also director of the Center of Advanced Science and Engineering for Carbon (CASE4Carbon). 

Dr. Dai received his PhD from the Australian National University in 1991. He accepted a postdoctoral fellowship from the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, and two years later became a visiting fellow at the University of Illinois at Urban-Champaign. He spent 10 years with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) in Australia. Before joining the CWRU, he was an associate professor of polymer engineering at the University of Akron and the Wright Brothers Institute Endowed Chair Professor of Nanomaterials at the University of Dayton.
 

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ISBN:  978-1-60595-160-7
Published:  October 2016
250 pages
6×9 - Hardcover