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Polymer-Based Nanofibers: Preparation, Fabrication, and Applications

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Polymer-based nanofibers as an important group of materials have attracted considerable attention of research and industrial areas. Polymer nanofibers with diameters in submicrometer (<1 μm) possess unique properties including large specific surface area per unit mass, which facilitated adding functionalities to surface for specific applications.

Typically, polymer nanofibers have been synthesized by electrospinning, spinneret-based tunable engineered parameters (STEP) or drawing techniques, template synthesis, phase separation/inversion, self-assembly, solution blowing (air jet spinning), forcespinning (centrifugal spinning), and interfacial polymerization of nanofibers. The most common method is electrospinning due to its feasibility, cost-effectiveness, ability to fabricate continuous fibers from various polymers, and mass production. However, pros and cons of synthesis methods will also be presented. Furthermore, characterization methods of polymer nanofibers and effective factors on nanofibers will be provided.

Polymer nanofibers are fabricated from both natural and synthetic polymers. Polymer blends are also used to improve biodegradability in medical applications and conductivity in sensors and neural tissue engineering.

This chapter will also present recent developments of polymer nanofiber applications as scaffolds for tissue engineering, wound dressing, drug delivery, filters, protective clothing, sensors, and reinforcement in composite materials.

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  1. Neuroscience Research Center (NRC), Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Masoumeh Zahmatkeshan & Seyed Behnamedin Jameie

  2. Department of Medical Nanotechnology, Faculty of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Masoumeh Zahmatkeshan, Sajad Bahrami, Bita Mehravi & Khadijeh Ashtari

  3. Department of Medical Nanotechnology, School of Advanced Medical Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

    Moein Adel

  4. Deputy of Research and Technology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Moein Adel

  5. Department of Medical Nanotechnology, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Moein Adel, Fariba Esmaeili & Seyed Mahdi Rezayat

  6. Student Research Committee, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Sajad Bahrami

  7. Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Seyed Mahdi Rezayat

  8. Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Science, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

    Yousef Saeedi

  9. Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Masoumeh Zahmatkeshan & Bita Mehravi

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  3. University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX, USA

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Zahmatkeshan, M. et al. (2019). Polymer-Based Nanofibers: Preparation, Fabrication, and Applications. In: Barhoum, A., Bechelany, M., Makhlouf, A. (eds) Handbook of Nanofibers. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53655-2_29

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