Abstract
In the last few decades, the development of new electrospun materials with different morphologies and advanced multifunctional properties are strongly consolidated. There are several reviews that describe the processing, use and characterization of electrospun nanocomposites, however, based on our knowledge, no review on electrospun nanocomposites reinforced with nanoparticles (NPs) based on magnesium, Mg-based NPs, are reported. Therefore, in the present review, we focus attention on the fabrication of these promising electrospun materials and their potential applications. Firstly, the electrospinning technique and its main processing window-parameters are described, as well as some post-processing methods used to obtain Mg-based materials. Then, the applications of Mg-based electrospun nanocomposites in different fields are pointed out, thus taking into account the current trend in developing inorganic-organic nanocomposites to gradually satisfy the challenges that the industry generates. Mg-based electrospun nanocomposites are becoming an attractive field of research for environmental remediation (waste-water cleaning and air filtration) as well as for novel technical textiles. However, the mayor application of Mg-based electrospun materials is in the biomedical field, as pointed out. Therefore, this review aims to clarify the tendency in using electrospinning technique and Mg-based nanoparticles to huge development at industrial level in the near future.
Highlights
In the last decades, the development of new nanocomposites with different morphologies and advanced multifunctional properties are strongly consolidated [1,2,3,4]
Based on our knowledge, no review on electrospun nanocomposites reinforced with nanoparticles based on magnesium, Mg-based NPs, are reported
A large number of different NPs has been studied with very promising results in different applications: from biomedicine to electronic, optical and sensor applications [15,16,17]
Summary
The development of new nanocomposites with different morphologies and advanced multifunctional properties are strongly consolidated [1,2,3,4]. A wide variety of nanocomposites are synthetized and characterized in order to try to solve human needs in different fields, such as food packaging [5], biomedical devices [6] or environmental remediation [7] among others. The increasingly high requirements that these materials should fulfill are the driving force for scientists to focus their efforts on them and on advanced technologies needed for their production [8]. Nanomaterials 2020, 10, 1524; doi:10.3390/nano10081524 www.mdpi.com/journal/nanomaterials post-treatment processes have been reported to enhance the properties of electrospun materials [14]. Based on our knowledge, no review on electrospun nanocomposites reinforced with nanoparticles based on magnesium, Mg-based NPs, are reported. A large number of different NPs has been studied with very promising results in different applications: from biomedicine to electronic, optical and sensor applications [15,16,17]
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