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Moisture Transport: Tailoring Differential Moisture Transfer Performance of Nonwoven/Polyacrylonitrile‐SiO 2 Nanofiber Composite Membranes (Adv. Mater. Interfaces 15/2017)
Author(s) -
Babar Aijaz Ahmed,
Wang Xianfeng,
Iqbal Nousheen,
Yu Jianyong,
Ding Bin
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
advanced materials interfaces
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.671
H-Index - 65
ISSN - 2196-7350
DOI - 10.1002/admi.201770074
Subject(s) - polyacrylonitrile , materials science , electrospinning , wetting , nanofiber , moisture , membrane , composite material , composite number , water transport , chemical engineering , polymer , chemistry , environmental engineering , environmental science , biochemistry , water flow , engineering
Xianfeng Wang, Bin Ding, and co‐authors design a nonwoven/polyacrylonitrile‐SiO 2 nanofiber dual‐layer membrane with high wettability gradient in article number 1700062 . The developed fibrous membrane offers an excellent moisture management performance with an outstanding one‐way transport capacity (1413%), excellent overall moisture management capacity (0.99), and a superior breathability (water vapor transfer rate of 12.73 Kg m −2 d −1 ), indicating a potential candidate for faster sweat release applications (e.g. sportswear, footwear and workwear).