Additive manufacturing: applications and directions in photonics and optoelectronics

A Camposeo, L Persano, M Farsari… - Advanced optical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The combination of materials with targeted optical properties and of complex, 3D
architectures, which can be nowadays obtained by additive manufacturing, opens …

Recent advances in core/shell bicomponent fibers and nanofibers: A review

M Naeimirad, A Zadhoush, R Kotek… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
There has been a steady progress in develo** synthetic fibers in the past few years.
Bicomponent fibers and nanofibers in a core/shell (C/S) configuration, including two …

Structural and morphological characterization of micro and nanofibers produced by electrospinning and solution blow spinning: a comparative study

JE Oliveira, LHC Mattoso, WJ Orts… - Advances in Materials …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Nonwoven mats of poly (lactic acid)(PLA), poly (ethylene oxide)(PEO), and poly (ε‐
caprolactone)(PCL) were prepared at a nano‐and submicron scale by solution blow …

Saving 80% polypropylene in facemasks by laser-assisted melt-blown nanofibers

C Yang, X Jiang, X Gao, H Wang, L Li, N Hussain… - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
The ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic requires enormous production of
facemasks and related personal protection materials, thereby increasing the amount of …

Plant protein-based fibers: Fabrication, characterization, and potential food applications

D Chen, OG Jones, OH Campanella - Critical Reviews in Food …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Proteins from plants have been considered as safer, healthier, and more sustainable
resources than their animal counterparts. However, incomplete amino acid composition and …

Models of polymer solutions in electrified jets and solution blowing

M Lauricella, S Succi, E Zussman, D Pisignano… - Reviews of Modern …, 2020 - APS
Fluid flows hosting electrical phenomena are the subject of a fascinating and highly
interdisciplinary scientific field. In recent years, the extraordinary success of electrospinning …

Meltblown technology for production of polymeric microfibers/nanofibers: A review

J Drabek, M Zatloukal - Physics of Fluids, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
This work summarizes the current state of knowledge in the area of meltblown technology for
production of polymeric nonwovens with specific attention to utilized polymers, die design …

Industrial-scale solution blowing of soy protein nanofibers

A Kolbasov, S Sinha-Ray, A Joijode… - Industrial & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Solution blowing is one of the most industrially viable processes for mass production of
nanofibers without significant change of trade practices. In this work a novel industrially …

Theoretical and experimental investigation of physical mechanisms responsible for polymer nanofiber formation in solution blowing

S Sinha-Ray, S Sinha-Ray, AL Yarin, B Pourdeyhimi - Polymer, 2015 - Elsevier
This work describes a comprehensive numerical model of solution blowing process of
multiple three-dimensional polymer jets issued from a die nosepiece into a high-speed air …

A review on the studies of air flow field and fiber formation process during melt blowing

X Hao, Y Zeng - Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2019 - ACS Publications
Melt blowing is an industrially important process in producing microfibrous nonwovens. Over
the past decades, there has been a considerable amount of fundamental research on this …