New Nonwoven Process
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Fibers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 August 2023) | Viewed by 1873
Special Issue Editors
Interests: new nonwoven process; intelligent clothing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nonwoven is a unique material forming method, which can directly form polymer chipping, staple fiber or filament into fiber products with specific properties and planar structures through a variety of fiber web forming methods and consolidation technology. Thanks to the maturity of and innovations in nonwoven technology, the nonwoven industry has entered a new development period represented by superfine fibers, nanofibers, and bicomponent fibers. The development of new fibers and nonwoven production technology has become a research hotspot around the world, and various new nonwoven processes are constantly emerging, such as electrospinning, flash spinning, solution blowing, bubble electrospinning, etc. These processes are playing an increasingly important role in the fiber material forming field. In addition, some nonwoven processes can be combined with each other, producing new nonwoven processes. In recent years, intelligent manufacturing has been integrated into nonwoven technology, and many achievements have been made in fields such as automatic control, defect detection, and simulation, which will play an important role in the future.
Recognizing the importance of experimental research, mechanism characterization, and theoretical simulation in the new nonwoven process and the properties of new nonwoven fiber material, this Special Issue of Polymers invites contributions addressing several aspects of new nonwoven processes, such as the forming mechanism of superfine fibers, nanofibers, and bicomponent fibers, the experimental means and methods, fiber modification, characterization methods of physical and chemical properties, simulation of new nonwoven processes, interface design and properties of nonwoven composites, intelligent manufacturing in new nonwoven processes, etc. The above list is only indicative and by no means exhaustive, and any original theoretical or review article on new nonwoven processes is welcome. We hope that these contributions will involve the application of new nonwoven processes in environmental protection technology, clean energy, bioengineering, and smart wearables.
Dr. Hui Deng
Dr. Yunlong Shi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- superfine fiber
- nanofiber
- bicomponent fiber
- nonwoven composites
- fiber modification
- simulation in nonwoven process
- interface design
- intelligent manufacturing in new nonwoven processes
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