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Klappentext The progress of research on polymer nanofibers has become especially relevant and rapid in the past couple of years. Polymer nanofibers is a hot topic, crossing many fields of nanotechnology and attracting an extremely broad audience from scientists working in different fields such as either the fabrication or the use of polymer nanofibers. This book gives a comprehensive presentation of polymer nanofibers, including both the relevant physical aspects of nanofiber formation and of their structural, superficial, optical, electrical and biological properties, and the main technological issues of methods for fabricating nanofibers, with a special focus on electrospinning. The exceptional coverage of applications in different forms, the use of interdisciplinary technical language as well as the 'from materials to applications' chapter approach, which is ideal for post-graduate students, means various interest groups including physicists, biologists, biotechnologists and engineers will find it to be an extremely valuable resource. Zusammenfassung Research into polymer nanofibers has increased significantly over the last decade! prompting the need for a comprehensive monograph examining the subject as knowledge of their properties and potential applications has increased. Inhaltsverzeichnis Soft Matter Nanotechnologies; Electrospinning; Other Fabrication Technologies for Polymer Nanofibers; Structural and Surface Properties of Polymer Nanofibers and Their Applications; Optical Properties of Polymer Nanofibers and Their Applications; Electrical Properties and Their Applications; Biological Functional Properties and Their Applications; List of Acronyms; List of Symbols; Subject Index;
