Application of Electrospun Materials in Industrial Applications: Fid-Bau Portal

Application of Electrospun Materials in Industrial Applications

Andleeb, Anisa / Yar, Muhammad

Over the past few decades, electrospun materials have been widely studied and their applications in various industrial level fields are largely exploited. The simplicity of electrospinning process, the unique features, and diverse nature of electrospun fibers make this technique attractive for different applications. Recently, significant progress was observed in the area of electrospun fibers applications, as demonstrated by the number of recently published patents and research work on the electrospinning technique. At present, electrospun materials, electrospinning apparatus, and their technological solutions are rapidly moving toward commercialization. Dedicated companies are making efforts to commercialize electrospun products, laboratory and industrial‐scale apparatus and equipment for electrospinning. The main focus is on the modification of electrospinning apparatus and conditions for the development of electrospun fibers with various morphologies, shapes, structures, and sizes, so that the resultant nanofibers should possess broad functionalities to get commercial interest. This chapter mainly focus on the present potential applications of electrospinning and electrospun materials in various industrial fields such as biomedical (tissue engineering, medical prostheses, wound dressing, drug delivery and cosmetics), filtration, sensors, textiles, protective clothing and energy harvest and storage devices (batteries/cells, capacitors). Although, in the current stage some of these applications are still limited to laboratory‐scale production, but the rate at which the interest in electrospun nanofibers is growing, it is evident that electrospinning technique has a bright future in industrial applications.