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Mehdi Afshari currently works as a Principal Chemical Engineer at Medtronic. He has more than 20 years of academic and industry experience. Some of his expertise include polymer process and product development, nanofibers (including electrospun), bioabsorbable polymers, fibers and nanofibers processing, and polymer structure-process-property relationship.

Klappentext

Electrospun Nanofibers covers advances in the electrospinning process including characterization, testing and modeling of electrospun nanofibers, and electrospinning for particular fiber types and applications. Electrospun Nanofibers offers systematic and comprehensive coverage for academic researchers, industry professionals, and postgraduate students working in the field of fiber science. This new edition will additionally cover areas related to the area of biomedical, tissue engineering and drug applications of electrospun nanofibers with eight brand new chapters. Electrospinning is the most commercially successful process for the production of nanofibers and rising demand is driving research and development in this field. Rapid progress is being made both in terms of the electrospinning process and in the production of nanofibers with superior chemical and physical properties. Electrospinning is becoming more efficient and more specialized in order to produce particular fiber types such as bicomponent and composite fibers, patterned and 3D nanofibers, piezoelectric, functional, and nanofibers derived from biodegradable polymers.

Inhalt

1. Introduction
   Section 1: The Electrospinning process
2. Coaxial electrospinning of nanofibers
3. Solution electrospinning of nanofibers
4. Controlling nanofiber morphology by the electrospinning process
5. Improving fiber alignment during electrospinning
   Section 2: Structure and property characterization testing and modeling of electrospun nanofibers
6. Chemical properties of nanofibres derived from electrospinning
7. Physical properties of nanofibres derived from electrospinning
8. Structure-property relationship of electrospun fibres
9. Modelling performance of electrospun nanofibres and nanofibrous assemblies
   Section 3 Electrospinning for particular fiber types and applications
10. Electrospinning of patterned and three-dimensional nanofibres
11. Electrospun nanofibrous tissue scaffolds
12. Electrospun polyvinyl alcohol-based composite nanofibres for biomedical applications
13. Aramid nanofibres
14. Electroblowing of nanofibres
15. Recent advances of microfluidic organ-on-a-chip monitoring strategies
16. Electrospun nanofibres derived from biodegradable polymers and nanomaterials
17. Biomedical applications of functional nanofibres
18. Electrospinning piezoelectric for biocompatible devices
19. Functional nanofibres for electrochemical energy storage
20. Electrospray technique for biomedical application