TY - JOUR
T1 - Functional Nanofibre: Enabling Material for the Next Generation Smart Textiles
AU - Lijing Wang
JO - Journal of Fiber Bioengineering and Informatics
VL - 2
SP - 81
EP - 92
PY - 2008
DA - 2008/01
SN - 1
DO - http://doi.org/10.3993/jfbi09200801
UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/jfbi/5027.html
KW - functional materials
KW - nanofibres
KW - coelectrospinning
KW - nanocomposite
KW - smart textiles
AB - Functional fibrous materials are a new family of fibre materials whose physical and chemical
properties are sensitive to the change in the environment such as temperature, pressure, electric field,
magnetic field, optical wavelength, adsorbed gas molecules and the pH value. This paper introduces
a new approach to translate functions from nanoparticles to fibrous structures by co-electrospinning.
Examples of nanofibres that have tailorable mechanical, electrical, magnetic, optical, thermal,
hygroscopic, and antimicrobial functions are shown. The paper concludes with an example of the
development of a multifunctional nanofibre scaffold for cartilage tissue regeneration.