Webinar #2: Electrospinning of Nanoparticle - Nanofiber Composites for Advanced Textile Applications

Speaker: Stephen Farias, PhD
Electrospun materials have had an extensive commercial impact for decades in the filtration space to produce single polymer nanofiber non-woven materials. Although this has been a stable revenue stream for commercial electrospinning, this technology has opportunities for generating a large variety of microstructures for advanced textile applications from athletic wear, to smart textiles, to medical devices. One of the most promising opportunities for new materials and applications is in electrospinning composites using a carrier polymer and a functional additive. At Materic we have developed techniques to produce composite nanofiber microstructures on multiple platforms from lab-based needle systems to roll-to-roll needless spinners. We have successfully produced polymer composites with metal nanoparticles, oxide and ceramic nanoparticles, carbon nanostructures, metal organic frameworks, polymer nanoparticles, and bio-materials. We have been able to produce these composites at scale with up to 50% additive loadings by weight. These materials have beneficial properties over a range of applications including catalysis, electrical sensors, chemical absorbance, antimicrobials, therapeutics and more. Materic will discuss strategies and techniques for producing these materials as well as common challenges and hurdles when fabricating these microstructures.
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Elmarco is the industry′s first and leading supplier of industrial scale nanofiber production equipment and develops its Nanospider™ product portfolio in order to provide efficient solution for any scale of roll-to-roll manufacturing, from laboratory sample preparation to industrial high volume manufacturing.
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