Electrospun and Nanofibrous Membranes

Electrospun and Nanofibrous Membranes: Principles and Applications covers the fundamental basic science and many engineering aspects of electrospun membrane technology and nanofibers, membrane design and membrane processes. The book comprehensively reviews a wide range of applications including pressure-driven processes, MD process, batteries, oil-water separation, air filtration, drug delivery, fuel-cells, and ion-exchange membranes, as well as antimicrobial membranes. Electrospun and Nanofibrous Membranes will be useful for a range of audiences: chemical, polymer, and materials engineers; professors and graduate students working on membrane-based separation technology and electrospun nanofibers; as well as R&D engineers in industry working with applications including water and wastewater treatment, desalination, drug delivery and tissue engineering, new generation of batteries, fuel cells, and air filtration.
- Introduces the principles of electrospinning and electrospun membranes
- Reviews and evaluates the different configurations of electrospinning
- Discusses scale-up strategies for nanofiber production

1. Principles of electrospinning2. Melt electrospinning for membrane fabrication3. Electrospraying for Membrane Fabrication4. Gas-assisted electrospinning and electroblowing5. Co-axial electrospinning6. Bubble electrospinning7. Needleless electrospinning8. Organic and Inorganic electrospun nanofibers9. Scaleup strategies for nanofibers production10. Non-electro nanofiber spinning11. Characterization of nanofibers12. Electrospun membranes for microfiltration13. Electrospun membranes for UF/NF/RO/FO/PRO membranes and processes14. Application of Electrospun and Micro/Nanofibrous Membranes for Membrane Distillation Application 15. Nanofibers for oil-water separation and coalescing filtration16. Electrospun adsorptive membranes for ion adsorption17. Electrospun ion-exchange membranes18. Nanospun Membranes Developed by Electrospinning Technique for Drug Delivery Applications19. Antimicrobial electrospun membranes20. Electrospun membranes for batteries21. Electrospun membranes for fuel cell technology22. Electrospun membranes for air filtration23. Smart and novel nanofiber membranes24. Future perspectives and market of the electrospun membranes