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 of electrospun membranes 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. The book is written for chemical, polymer, and materials engineers, professors and students at university working on membrane-based separation technology and electrospun nanofibers, as well as R&D engineers in industry working in the field of membrane technology and nanofibers for a wide range of applications including water and wastewater treatment, desalination, drug delivery and tissue engineering, new generation of batteries, fuel cells, air filtration, etc. Further the book can be used a reference in graduate courses for master and PhD students of chemical, materials, medical and polymer engineering, either as an individual course or as a core for advanced courses. Introduces comprehensively the principles of electrospinning and electrospun membranesReviews critically the different configurations of electrospinningDiscusses scale-up strategies for nanofiber production