NANOFIBERS: FABRICATION, PERFORMANCE, AND APPLICATIONS -- NANOFIBERS: FABRICATION, PERFORMANCE, AND APPLICATIONS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- SYNTHESIS AND ELECTRON FIELD EMISSION FROM DIFFERENT MORPHOLOGY CARBON NANOFIBERS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. SYNTHESIS AND GROWTH MECHANISM OF CARBON NANOTUBE AND CARBON NANOFIBER BY DIFFERENT PROCESS -- 3. BASIC THEORY OF ELECTRON FIELD EMISSION -- 4. FIELD EMISSION FROM CARBON BASED MATERIALS -- 5. SYNTHESIS AND FIELD EMISSION PROPERTY OF DIFFERENT CARBON NANOSTRUCTURE -- 6. EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON THE ELECTRON FIELD EMISSION FROM VERTICALLY ALIGNED CARBON NANOFIBERS AND MWCNTS -- 7. APPLICATION OF CARBON NANOFIBER AND CARBON NANOTUBE -- REFERENCES -- PERMEABILITY STUDIES OF ELECTROSPUN CHITIN AND CHITOSAN NANOFIBROUS MEMBRANES -- 1. ABSTRACT -- 2. INTRODUCTION -- 3. RESEARCH RESULTS -- 4. APPLICATIONS OUTLOOK -- 5. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- NOVEL CHITOSAN-CONTAINING MICRO- AND NANOFIBROUS MATERIALS BY ELECTROSPINNING: PREPARATION AND BIOMEDICAL APPLICATION -- ABSTRACT -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. ELECTROSPINNING -- 3. CHITOSAN - A VERSATILE POLYMER -- 4. CHITOSAN-CONTAINING NANOFIBERS -- 5. CHITOSAN DERIVATIVES-CONTAINING NANOFIBERS -- 6. REACTIVE ELECTROSPINNING OF CHITOSAN AND CHITOSAN DERIVATIVES -- 7. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- A NOVEL APPROACH FOR ANALYSIS OF PROCESSING PARAMETERS IN ELECTROSPINNING OF NANOFIBERS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL -- CHOICE OF PARAMETERS AND RANGE -- EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN -- RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- RESPONSE SURFACES FOR MEAN FIBER DIAMETER -- RESPONSE SURFACES FOR STANDARD DEVIATION OF FIBER DIAMETER -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX -- REFERENCES -- CARBON NANO-FIBERS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS: DERIVED FROM ELECTROSPINNING AND VAPOR GROWN PROCESSES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- 1. INTRODUCTION.

2. ELECTROSPINNING PROCESS -- 3. PARAMETERS AFFECTING ON FIBER FORMATION -- 4. THERMO-OXIDATIVE STABILIZATION -- 5. CARBONIZATION OF THE ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS -- 6. VAPOR GROWN CARBON NANOFIBERS (VGCFS) -- 7. COMPARISION BETWEEN E-SPUN AND VAPOR GROWN FIBERS -- 8. APPLICATIONS OF CARBON NANOFIBERS -- 8.1. CNFS IN ELECTRONIC AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICES -- 9. RECYCLING OF CARBON MATERIALS -- 10. FUTURE PROSPECTS -- REFERENCES -- CARBON NANOFIBERS AS SENSORS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- SYNTHESIS OF CARBON NANOFIBERS -- SURFACE MODIFICATION OF CARBON NANOFIBERS -- CARBON NANOFIBER SENSORS -- GAS SENSORS -- BIOSENSORS -- MECHANICAL SENSORS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- PROCESSING-STRUCTURE RELATIONSHIPS OF ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. PROCESSING-STRUCTURE RELATIONSHIPS OF POLYMER NANOFIBERS -- 3. PROCESSING-STRUCTURE RELATIONSHIPS OF POLYMER COMPOSITE NANOFIBERS -- 4. PROCESSING-STRUCTURE RELATIONSHIPS OF CARBON NANOFIBERS -- 5. PROCESSING-STRUCTURE RELATIONSHIPS OF CERAMIC NANOFIBERS -- 6. PROCESSING-STRUCTURE RELATIONSHIPS OF METAL NANOFIBERS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- GLYCOSYLATED NANOFIBERS FOR PROTEIN ADSORPTION AND RECOGNITION -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. FABRICATION OF GLYCOSYLATED NANOFIBERS FROM GLYCOPOLYMERS -- 3. GLYCOSYLATION OF NANOFIBERS THROUGH SURFACE MODIFICATION -- 4. PROTEIN ADSORPTION AND RECOGNITION BY THE GLYCOSYLATED NANOFIBERS -- 5. CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- PORPHYRINATED POLYMER NANOFIBERS BY ELECTROSPINNING -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. PORPHYRIN-FILLED POLY(ACRYLONITRILE-CO-ACRYLIC ACID) (PANCAA) NANOFIBERS -- 2. VINYL PORPHYRIN WITH ACRYLONITRILE COPOLYMER NANOFIBERS -- 3. PORPHYRINATED POLYIMIDE NANOFIBERS -- 4. PORPHYRINATED POLY(γ-STEARYL α L-GLUTAMATE)S NANOFIBERS.

5. OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF PERPARED PORPHYRINATED NANOFIBERS -- 6. CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- A NANOFIBRILLAR PROSTHETIC MODIFIED WITH FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR-2 FOR SPINAL CORD REPAIR -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- FABRICATION, PERFORMANCE, AND BIOMEDICAL APPLICATION OF COLLAGEN-, GELATIN- OR KERATIN-CONTAINING PHBV NANOFIBERS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. ELECTROSPINNING -- 3. METHODS -- 4. RESULTS -- 5. DISCUSSION -- 6. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF POLYPROPYLENE FIBER REINFORCED BY CARBON NANOFIBER -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. MATERIALS PROCESSING -- 3. EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- STRAIN RATE SENSITIVITY OF YIELD STRENGTH -- CONSTITUTIVE EQUATION -- 4. CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- THERMAL ANALYSIS OF CARBON NANOTUBES INCORPORATED POLYURETHANES NANOCOMPOSITES -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. EXPERIMENTAL -- 3. RESULT AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CARBON NANOTUBES INCORPORATED POLYURETHANES NANOCOMPOSITES FOR THERMAL AND ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVE APPLICATIONS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL -- 3. THEORETICAL CONSIDERATION -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.