Abstract
There has been increased interest to develop protective fabrics and clothing for protecting the wearer from hazards such as chemical, biological, heat, UV, pollutants etc. Protective fabrics have been conventionally developed using a wide variety of techniques. However, these conventional protective fabrics lack breathability. For example, conventional protective fabrics offer good protection against water but have limited ability in removing the water vapor and moisture. Fibers and membranes fabricated using electrospinning have demonstrated tremendous potential to develop protective fabrics and clothing. These fabrics based on electrospun fibers and membranes have the potential to provide thermal comfort to the wearer and protect the wearer from wide variety of environmental hazards. This review highlights the emerging applications of electrospinning for developing such breathable and protective fabrics.
Highlights
Advancement in nanotechnology has inspired material scientists to explore the use of nanoscale materials and fibers for development of functional and technical textiles [1,2,3,4,5]
This review article presents an overview on the use of electrospun fibers, membranes and yarns for the development of protective fabrics and textiles
We demonstrated that water penetrates when placed on the hydrophobic side of the Janus membrane but does not penetrate when placed on the hydrophilic side of the Janus membrane
Summary
Advancement in nanotechnology has inspired material scientists to explore the use of nanoscale materials and fibers for development of functional and technical textiles [1,2,3,4,5]. Vitchuli et al developed clothing material for protection against chemical and biological warfare agents by electrospinning nylon 6 fibers directly on top of nylon/cotton fabric [13] Their results demonstrated that the filtration efficiency can be improved by over 250%. This review article presents an overview on the use of electrospun fibers, membranes and yarns for the development of protective fabrics and textiles. These fabrics and textiles incorporated with electrospun fibers have the potential to offer thermal comfort to the wearer and can protect the wearer from wide variety of environmental hazards. This article focuses on presenting various techniques that are used to integrate electrospun fibers, membranes and yarns into the fabrics The application of these electrospinning enabled fabrics for protection against environmental hazards are presented. Future perspectives on using electrospinning for developing smart fabrics are discussed
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