Recent Progress on the Fabrication of Ultrafine Polyamide-6 Based Nanofibers Via Electrospinning: A Topical Review

R. Nirmala, R. Navamathavan, Soo Jin Park, Hak Yong Kim

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Abstract

Electrospinning is a highly versatile technique to prepare continuous fibers with diameters of the order of nanometers. The remarkable high aspect ratio and high porosity bring electrospun nanofibers highly attractive to various nanotechnological applications such as filtration membranes, protective clothing, drug delivery, tissue-engineering, biosensors, catalysis, fuel cells and so on. In this review, we collectively summarized the recent progress in developments of the electrospun ultrafine polyamide-6 based nanofibers preparation, characterization and their applications. Information of this polyamide-6 and composites together with their processing conditions for electrospinning of ultrafine nanofibers has been summarized in this review. The recent developments made during last few years on these materials are addressed in this review. We are anticipating that this review certainly drive the researchers for developing more intensive investigation for exploring in many technological areas.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)89-107
Number of pages19
JournalNano-Micro Letters
Volume6
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014

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© 2014, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) Press.

Keywords

  • Electrospinning
  • Experimental parameters
  • Polymers
  • Ultrafine nanofibers

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