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Transport properties of multi-layer fabric based on electrospun nanofiber mats as a breathable barrier textile material
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posted on 2012-01-01, 00:00 authored by Rouhallah Bagherzadeh, M Latifi, S Najar, M Tehran, M Gorji, Lingxue KongLingxue KongLayered fabric systems with an electrospun nanofiber web layered onto a sandwich of woven fabric were developed toexamine the feasibility of developing breathable barrier textile materials. Some parameters of nanofiber mats, including thetime of electrospinning and the polymer solution concentration, were designed to change and barrier properties ofspecimens were compared. Air permeability, water vapor transmission, and water repellency (Bundesmann and hydrostaticpressure tests) were assessed as indications of comfort and barrier performance of different samples. These performancesof layered nanofiber fabrics were compared with a well-known water repellent breathable multi-layered fabric(Gortex).Multi-layered electrospun nanofiber mats equipped fabric (MENMEF) showed better performance in windproof propertythan Gortex fabric. Also, water vapor permeability of MENMEF was in a range of normal woven sport and work clothing.Comparisons of barrier properties of MENMEF and the currently available PTFE coated materials showed that, thoseproperties could be achieved by layered fabric systems with electrospun nanofiber mats.
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Textile research journalVolume
82Issue
1Pagination
70 - 76Publisher
Sage PublicationsLocation
London, EnglandISSN
0040-5175eISSN
1746-7748Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
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