Nanofibers
Nanofibres have the diameters on the order of 100 nanometers. Interfacial polymerization and electro spinning are the important methods used to produce nanofibres. Several value added applications of nanofibres are drug delivery, personal care, composite, garments, insulation, and energy storage.
Generally, polymeric nanofibers are produced by an electrospinning process and carbon nanofibers are graphitized fibers produced by catalytic synthesis.
Electrospinning is a process that spins fibers of diameters ranging from 10nm to several hundred nanometers. Sub wavelength-diameter optical fibre (SDF or SDOF) is an optical fibre whose diameter is less than the wavelength of the light being propagated through the fibre.
Special properties of nanofibers make them suitable for a wide range of applications from medical to consumer products and industrial to high-tech applications for aerospace, capacitors, transistors, battery separators, fuel cells, and information technology.
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