Nanofibers : fabrication, performance, and applications / / W.N. Chang, editor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910815032603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Nova Science, c2009
• ISBN: 1-61668-288-4
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (465 p.)
• Collana: Nanotechnology science and technology series
• Altri autori (Persone): ChangW. N
• Disciplina: 620/.5
• Soggetti: Nanofibers; Nanofibers - Design and construction
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""NANOFIBERS: FABRICATION, PERFORMANCE, AND APPLICATIONS""; ""NANOFIBERS: FABRICATION, PERFORMANCE, AND APPLICATIONS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE ""; ""SYNTHESIS AND ELECTRON FIELD EMISSION FROM DIFFERENT MORPHOLOGY CARBON NANOFIBERS ""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2. SYNTHESIS AND GROWTH MECHANISM OF CARBON NANOTUBE AND CARBON NANOFIBER BY DIFFERENT PROCESS""; ""3. BASIC THEORY OF ELECTRON FIELD EMISSION""; ""4. FIELD EMISSION FROM CARBON BASED MATERIALS""; ""5. SYNTHESIS AND FIELD EMISSION PROPERTY OF DIFFERENT CARBON NANOSTRUCTURE""; ""6. EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON THE ELECTRON FIELD EMISSION FROM VERTICALLY ALIGNED CARBON NANOFIBERS AND MWCNTS """"7. APPLICATION OF CARBON NANOFIBER AND CARBON NANOTUBE""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""PERMEABILITY STUDIES OF ELECTROSPUN CHITIN AND CHITOSAN NANOFIBROUS MEMBRANES""; ""1. ABSTRACT ""; ""2. INTRODUCTION ""; ""3. RESEARCH RESULTS""; ""4. APPLICATIONS OUTLOOK""; ""5. CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""NOVEL CHITOSAN CONTAINING MICRO- AND NANOFIBROUS MATERIALS BY ELECTROSPINNING: PREPARATION AND BIOMEDICAL APPLICATION ""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ""; ""1. INTRODUCTION ""; ""2. ELECTROSPINNING """"3. CHITOSAN â€? A VERSATILE POLYMER ""; ""4. CHITOSAN-CONTAINING NANOFIBERS ""; ""5. CHITOSAN DERIVATIVES-CONTAINING NANOFIBERS ""; "" 6. REACTIVE ; ELECTROSPINNING OF CHITOSAN AND CHITOSAN DERIVATIVES ""; ""7. CONCLUSION ""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""A NOVEL APPROACH FOR ANALYSIS OF PROCESSING PARAMETERS IN ELECTROSPINNING OF NANOFIBERS""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""EXPERIMENTAL""; ""CHOICE OF PARAMETERS AND RANGE ""; ""EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN ""; ""RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY ""; ""RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ""; ""RESPONSE SURFACES FOR MEAN FIBER DIAMETER""""RESPONSE SURFACES FOR STANDARD DEVIATION OF FIBER DIAMETER ""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""APPENDIX ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""CARBON NANO-FIBERS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS: DERIVED FROM ELECTROSPINNING AND VAPOR GROWN PROCESSES ""; ""ABBREVIATIONS ""; ""1. INTRODUCTION ""; ""2. ELECTROSPINNING PROCESS ""; ""3. PARAMETERS AFFECTING ON FIBER FORMATION ""; ""4. THERMO-OXIDATIVE STABILIZATION ""; ""5. CARBONIZATION OF THE ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS ""; ""6. VAPOR GROWN CARBON NANOFIBERS (VGCFS) ""; ""7. COMPARISON BETWEEN E-SPUN AND VAPOR GROWN FIBERS ""; ""8. APPLICATIONS OF CARBON NANOFIBERS """"8.1. CNFS IN ELECTRONIC AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICES""; ""9. RECYCLING OF CARBON MATERIALS ""; ""10. FUTURE PROSPECTS ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""CARBON NANOFIBERS AS SENSORS ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""SYNTHESIS OF CARBON NANOFIBERS ""; ""SURFACE MODIFICATION OF CARBON NANOFIBERS ""; ""CARBON NANOFIBER SENSORS""; ""GAS SENSORS ""; ""BIOSENSORS ""; ""MECHANICAL SENSORS ""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""PROCESSING-STRUCTURE RELATIONSHIPS OF ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""1. INTRODUCTION ""; ""2. PROCESSING-STRUCTURE RELATIONSHIPS OF POLYMER NANOFIBERS ""