Chapter 5 Advanced fibre materials for environmental applications
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Gianluca Viscusi
Abstract
Fibre materials, widely used in industrial applications and the textile industry, represent an interesting class of materials (natural or synthetic) which is gaining a central role in the last decades. The wide application of these materials is mainly related to the beneficial properties such as mechanical toughness, resistance, stability, and lightness as well as, as far as natural fibres are concerned, renewability, eco-friendly features, biodegradability, no carcinogenicity, and lack of irritation. Apart from their use in textile applications, due to their characteristics, they have been used in many different industrial sectors such as tissue engineering, automotive, insulation, cosmetic, water remediation, building, and fine chemicals. In the last decades, the design of fibre-based materials is emerging with the possibility of exploiting them for environmental applications. Rapid urbanization and industrialization in the past decades have increased the awareness of many emerging environmental problems such as water resources pollution. The interest in fibre-based materials is related to their unique properties which could favour the adsorption of pollutants from water bodies. By stating that this chapter concerns the state of the art related to the design, fabrication, and characterization of advanced fibre materials (synthetic or natural ones) applied for environmental applications. Alreadyimplemented technologies and emerging ones, such as electrospinning, will be considered while the applications of interest such as heavy metals, dyes, pharmaceutical residues, pesticides, inorganic ion removal, and oil adsorption will be widely discussed.
Abstract
Fibre materials, widely used in industrial applications and the textile industry, represent an interesting class of materials (natural or synthetic) which is gaining a central role in the last decades. The wide application of these materials is mainly related to the beneficial properties such as mechanical toughness, resistance, stability, and lightness as well as, as far as natural fibres are concerned, renewability, eco-friendly features, biodegradability, no carcinogenicity, and lack of irritation. Apart from their use in textile applications, due to their characteristics, they have been used in many different industrial sectors such as tissue engineering, automotive, insulation, cosmetic, water remediation, building, and fine chemicals. In the last decades, the design of fibre-based materials is emerging with the possibility of exploiting them for environmental applications. Rapid urbanization and industrialization in the past decades have increased the awareness of many emerging environmental problems such as water resources pollution. The interest in fibre-based materials is related to their unique properties which could favour the adsorption of pollutants from water bodies. By stating that this chapter concerns the state of the art related to the design, fabrication, and characterization of advanced fibre materials (synthetic or natural ones) applied for environmental applications. Alreadyimplemented technologies and emerging ones, such as electrospinning, will be considered while the applications of interest such as heavy metals, dyes, pharmaceutical residues, pesticides, inorganic ion removal, and oil adsorption will be widely discussed.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Preface V
- Contents VII
- Editors’ biographies IX
- List of contributing authors XI
- Chapter 1 Overview of advanced fiber materials 1
- Chapter 2 Synthesis, characterization, and properties of advanced fiber materials 17
- Chapter 3 Fabrication of advanced fiber materials 31
- Chapter 4 Advanced fiber materials in pollution control 89
- Chapter 5 Advanced fibre materials for environmental applications 103
- Chapter 6 Advanced fiber materials in energy applications 149
- Chapter 7 Advanced fiber materials in information storage technology 171
- Chapter 8 Advanced fiber materials in optical and photonic application 191
- Chapter 9 Advanced fibers for photocatalysis application 219
- Chapter 10 Advanced fiber materials in textile 259
- Chapter 11 Advanced fiber materials in drug delivery 273
- Chapter 12 Advanced fiber material in tumor therapy 327
- Chapter 13 Advanced fiber materials in corrosion protection 339
- Chapter 14 State of the art of advanced fiber materials: future directions, opportunities, and challenges 357
- Index 373
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Preface V
- Contents VII
- Editors’ biographies IX
- List of contributing authors XI
- Chapter 1 Overview of advanced fiber materials 1
- Chapter 2 Synthesis, characterization, and properties of advanced fiber materials 17
- Chapter 3 Fabrication of advanced fiber materials 31
- Chapter 4 Advanced fiber materials in pollution control 89
- Chapter 5 Advanced fibre materials for environmental applications 103
- Chapter 6 Advanced fiber materials in energy applications 149
- Chapter 7 Advanced fiber materials in information storage technology 171
- Chapter 8 Advanced fiber materials in optical and photonic application 191
- Chapter 9 Advanced fibers for photocatalysis application 219
- Chapter 10 Advanced fiber materials in textile 259
- Chapter 11 Advanced fiber materials in drug delivery 273
- Chapter 12 Advanced fiber material in tumor therapy 327
- Chapter 13 Advanced fiber materials in corrosion protection 339
- Chapter 14 State of the art of advanced fiber materials: future directions, opportunities, and challenges 357
- Index 373
