Nanomaterials for Functional Textiles and Fibers

Nanoparticles are very interesting because of their surface properties, different from bulk materials. Such properties make possible to endow ordinary products with new functionalities. Their relatively low cost with respect to other nano-additives make them a promising choice for industrial mass-pr...

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Published in:Nanoscale Research Letters 2015-12, Vol.10 (1), p.501-501, Article 501
Main Authors: Rivero, Pedro J., Urrutia, Aitor, Goicoechea, Javier, Arregui, Francisco J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chemistry and Materials Science
Electrospinning
Fibers
Materials Science
Materials selection
Mats
Molecular Medicine
Nano Review
Nanochemistry
Nanoparticles
Nanoscale Science and Technology
Nanostructure
Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology and Microengineering
Textiles
Titanium dioxide
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Summary:Nanoparticles are very interesting because of their surface properties, different from bulk materials. Such properties make possible to endow ordinary products with new functionalities. Their relatively low cost with respect to other nano-additives make them a promising choice for industrial mass-production systems. Nanoparticles of different kind of materials such as silver, titania, and zinc oxide have been used in the functionalization of fibers and fabrics achieving significantly improved products with new macroscopic properties. This article reviews the most relevant approaches for incorporating such nanoparticles into synthetic fibers used traditionally in the textile industry allowing to give a solution to traditional problems for textiles such as the microorganism growth onto fibers, flammability, robustness against ultraviolet radiation, and many others. In addition, the incorporation of such nanoparticles into special ultrathin fibers is also analyzed. In this field, electrospinning is a very promising technique that allows the fabrication of ultrathin fiber mats with an extraordinary control of their structure and properties, being an ideal alternative for applications such as wound healing or even functional membranes.
ISSN:1931-7573
1556-276X
DOI:10.1186/s11671-015-1195-6