Nanofibers and Nanotechnology in Textiles
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Author(s): P. Brown and K. Stephens (Eds)
Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
ISBN: 9781845691059
Format: hardback
528pp
Price: £150.00, $300.00, 225
Review Date: 10 December 2007
Review: Nanotechnology is helping to produce a new generation of textile fibres with enhanced functionality and a wide range of applications. This book approaches the topic in four parts. The first part describes nanofibres production and aspects of electrospinning. Part 2 looks at the manufacture of carbon tubes and nanotubes and their industrial applications. Part 3 explores ways of improving polymer properties, such as thermal stability and dyeability. The last part deals with nanocoatings and surface modification techniques, including the use of coatings and films to improve hydrophobic, filtration and other properties.