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Characterization and Evaluation of Nanofiber Materials

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Handbook of Nanofibers

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Characterization of nanofiber is performed to correlate test metrics with the practical characteristics of the material and to ensure reliable high quality of the products during production. The aim of single-fiber measurement procedure is to find fundamental information to better understand the relationship between the structure and the features of nanofibers. Theoretically, several characterization techniques have been utilized with nanofibers. Nevertheless, it must be borne in mind that morphology, molecular structure and mechanical properties are the most critical features of nanofibers. Therefore, in this chapter, it is attempted to explain briefly the nanofiber characterization techniques by focusing on the morphological and mechanical properties of nanofibers to provide fundamental data for evaluation of nanofiber materials.

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  2. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Materials, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

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  3. Microbial Biotechnology Department, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII), Agricultural Research, Education, and Extension Organization (AREEO), Karaj, Iran

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Roodbar Shojaei, T., Hajalilou, A., Tabatabaei, M., Mobli, H., Aghbashlo, M. (2018). Characterization and Evaluation of Nanofiber Materials. In: Barhoum, A., Bechelany, M., Makhlouf, A. (eds) Handbook of Nanofibers. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42789-8_15-1

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