About the Book
Functionalized Nanofibers: Synthesis and Industrial Applications presents the latest advances in the fabrication, design, processing, and properties of functionalized nanofibers for a range of advanced applications. Sections introduce fabrication, mechanisms, and design of functionalized nanofibers, explaining electrospinning and non-electrospinning techniques, optimization of structural designs, surface functionalization techniques, and characterization methods. Subsequent sections focus on specific application areas, highlighting preparation methods and applications of functionalized nanofibers across biomedicine, surfaces and coatings, food, environment, energy, electronics, and textiles. Finally, environmental impact and safety and legal aspects related to the utilization of functionalized nanofibers are considered.
This is a valuable resource for researchers and advanced students with an interest in nanomaterials and nanotechnology, and across other disciplines such as polymer science, chemistry, chemical engineering, and materials science and engineering.
Table of Contents:
1. Electrospinning and nonelectrospinning techniques for the fabrication of nanofibers: Mechanisms, process parameters, and key technical challenges
2. Optimization of structural designs: Processing, properties, and applications of random, aligned, porous, core shell, and hollow nanofibers
3. Surface functionalization techniques and characterization methods of electrospun nanofibers
4. Application of low-temperature plasma surface modification technology in functionalized nanofibers
5. Recent developments in functional nanofiber yarns by electrospinning
6. Functionalized nanofibers for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
7. Functionalized nanofibers for antimicrobial applications
8. Functionalized nanofiber-based drug delivery systems and biosensing devices
9. Functionalized nanofiber-based for wound healing and wound dressing applications
10. Surface coatings of functionalized nanofibers for property enhancement: Synthesis, characterizations, and applications
11. Functionalized nanofiber-based anticorrosive coatings
12. Functionalized nanofibers for the realization of superhydrophobic surfaces
13. Functionalized nanofibers toward food packaging
14. Functionalized nanofibers as sensors for monitoring food quality
15. Applications of functionalized nanofibers in the agriculture industry
16. Functionalized nanofibers for adsorption of heavy metal ions
17. Functionalized nanofibers for remediation of organic pollutants and catalytic applications
18. Role of functionalized nanofibers in wastewater treatment
19. Functionalized nanofibers for gas and volatile organic compound sensing
20. Functionalized nanofibrous mats for gas separation applications
21. Electrospun nanofibrous materials for oil spill removal
22. Functionalized nanofibers for lithium-ion battery application
23. Functionalized nanofibers for high-performance supercapacitor applications
24. Functionalized nanofibers for hydrogen storage and conversion
25. Functionalized nanofibers for piezoelectric energy harvesting applications
26. Functionalized nanofibers for fuel cell applications
27. Functionalized nanofibers for solar cells applications
28. Functionalized nanofibers for the photonics, optoelectronics, and microelectronic device applications
29. Functionalized nanofibers for EMI shielding and microwave absorption applications
30. Functionalized nanofibers for protective clothing applications
31. Functionalized nanofibers as fire-retardant fabrics
32. Environmental impact, safety, and legal aspects of functionalized nanofibers
About the Author :
Kalim Deshmukh is a senior researcher at the New Technologies-Research Centre, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic. He has over 20 years of research experience working with a wide variety of polymers and nanomaterials, including metal oxide nanoparticles and two-dimensional (2D) materials like graphene and MXenes. His research interest is mainly focused on the synthesis, characterization, and investigations of the structure–property relationship of polymer nanocomposites and nanohybrids reinforced with different nanofillers, including various metal oxides, carbon allotropes, and novel 2D materials for energy storage and conversion, energy harvesting, electromagnetic interference shielding, gas sensing, and biomedical applications.
Dr. S. K. Khadheer Pasha obtained his M.Sc. degree in Physics from Osmania University, followed by an MPhil degree from Anna University, and PhD degree in physics from the Department of Physics, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), India. He is currently working as a Senior Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics, VIT-AP University. He has about seven years of teaching and 12 years of research experience. His research is mainly focused on the synthesis of nanocomposite materials for various applications such as energy storage, gas sensors, and EMI shielding. Dr. Ahmed Barhoum is an Associate Professor of nanomaterials science and Head of the Nanostruc Research Group (Helwan University). He is currently working at the DCU University (Ireland). His research interests include the synthesis of nanomaterials for catalysis, drug delivery, and biosensing. He has won several scientific awards and prizes: Helwan University Prizes (Egypt, 2020 & 2019), CAS Fellowship (China, 2019), IFE Fellowships (France, 2012 & 2018), FWO Fellowships (Belgium, 2015 & 2016), Medastar Erasmus Mundus (Belgium, 2012), Welcome Program (Italy, 2012) and many more. He serves as an expert evaluator for the National Science Centre (NCN, Poland), Czech Science Foundation (GACR, Russia), Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF, Switzerland), and Innovators Support Fund (ISF, Egypt), among others. He is on the editorial board of Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Frontiers in Nanotechnology, Nanomaterials, and editor of 10 handbooks (Elsevier and Springer Nature), PI/Co-PI of 12 projects, and co-author of 150 publications. Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain is an adjunct professor and lab director in the Department of Chemistry & Environmental Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), United States. His research is focused on sustainability, nanotechnology & advanced materials, environmental management, analytical chemistry, and other various industries. Dr. Hussain is the author of numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals as well as a prolific author and editor of several books, including scientific monographs and handbooks in his research areas. He has published with ELSEVIER, American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, CRC Press, and Springer.
