Nanofiber

Nanofibers are defined as fibers with diameters less than 100 nanometers. They can be produced by interfacial polymerization and electrospinning.

Applications

• In one study, combined neural stem cells with carbon nanofibers triggered neural tissue regeneration in the brains of rats that had suffered a simulated stroke. On their own, neither nanofibers nor stem cells could heal the rats.
• Napkins with nanofibers contain antibodies against numerous biohazards and chemicals that signal by changing color (potentially useful in identifying bacteria in kitchens).
• In wound healing nanofibers assemble at the injury site and stay put, drawing the body's own growth factors to the injury site.
• Donaldson develops nanofiber filter media for new air and liquid filtration applications, such as vacuum cleaners.

Other applications include industrial and high-tech applications for aerospace, capacitors, transistors, battery separators, energy storage, fuel cells and information technology.

See also

• Nanofiber seeding
• Textiles Nanotechnology Laboratory at Cornell University
• Electrospinning of Nanofibers http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/109925432/PDFSTART
• Self-assembled honeycomb polyurethane nanofibers http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/112657386/ABSTRACT