Journal of Textile Research ›› 2021, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (01): 1-9.doi: 10.13475/j.fzxb.20201205809

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Research progress of transforming electrospun nanofibers into functional yarns

YANG Yuchen1, QIN Xiaohong1(), YU Jianyong2   

  1. 1. College of Textiles, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
    2. Innovation Center for Textile Science and Technology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
  • Received:2020-12-02 Revised:2020-12-22 Online:2021-01-15 Published:2021-01-21
  • Contact: QIN Xiaohong E-mail:xhqin@dhu.edu.cn

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Electrospun nanofibers are well-known for unique size effect and surface/interface effect, but limited by single assembly form, insufficient structure stability and mechanical properties. Nanofiber assembly with yarn architecture contributes to fully integrate the respective merits of both nanofiber and textile structure, and breaks through the bottleneck and broadens the application of nanofibers. Firstly, the latest research progress of electrospun nanofiber-based yarns is systematically reviewed from the aspects of forming principle and technology, functional design and application. Furthermore, the potential problems in highly efficient, controllable preparation and practical application of nanofiber-based yarns are deeply analyzed, and the future development trend of this field is also prospected. It is considered that integrated high-tech micro-devices with small-batch preparation and wide range of functional fabrics with mass production are the main application directions of nanofiber-based yarn to industrialization, moreover, efficiently green fabrication and multi-functional integration of nanofiber yarns with high-quality are the future development priorities.

Key words: electrospinning, nanofiber, functional yarn, biomedical textiles, composite structure, intelligent textiles, functional textiles

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