Recent Advances in Electrospun Sustainable Composites for Biomedical, Environmental, Energy, and Packaging Applications

• Published in: International journal of molecular sciences Vol. 21; no. 11; p. 4019
• Main Authors: Liu, Hao, Gough, Christopher R, Deng, Qianqian, Gu, Zhenggui, Wang, Fang, Hu, Xiao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 04.06.2020; MDPI
• Subjects: Adaptability; Biocompatible Materials - chemistry; Bioengineering; biomedical; Biomedical materials; Biotechnology - methods; Chemical Phenomena; Composite materials; Electric fields; Electrochemistry - methods; Electrospinning; electrospinning nanofiber; energy; environmental; Environmental protection; Fibers; Food Packaging; food packaging material; Nanomaterials; Packaging materials; Polymers; Power supply; Researchers; Review; Sustainable materials; Tissue engineering; food packaging material; environmental; electrospinning nanofiber; biomedical; energy
• ISSN: 1422-0067; 1661-6596; 1422-0067
• DOI: 10.3390/ijms21114019

Electrospinning has gained constant enthusiasm and wide interest as a novel sustainable material processing technique due to its ease of operation and wide adaptability for fabricating eco-friendly fibers on a nanoscale. In addition, the device working parameters, spinning solution properties, and the environmental factors can have a significant effect on the fibers' morphology during electrospinning. This review summarizes the newly developed principles and influence factors for electrospinning technology in the past five years, including these factors' interactions with the electrospinning mechanism as well as its most recent applications of electrospun natural or sustainable composite materials in biology, environmental protection, energy, and food packaging materials.