4 Nanofiber Manufacturers in 2023
This section provides an overview for nanofibers as well as their applications and principles. Also, please take a look at the list of 4 nanofiber manufacturers and their company rankings.
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What Is a Nanofiber?
A nanofiber is defined as a fibrous material with a diameter of 1 to 100 nm per strand and a length 100 times greater than its diameter.
It is a representative of nanotechnology, and is one of the materials that are attracting attention for future application development. It has a high specific surface area and porosity, and is excellent in high water absorption, permeability, and lightness.
There are a wide variety of types such as cellulose nanofibers and polyester nanofibers. Carbon nanotubes, which have high conductivity and strength, are sometimes treated as a type of nanofiber.
Uses of Nanofibers
Nanofibers are still in the research and development stage, but there are many examples of applications in the clothing and medical fields.
Garments made with nanofibers can be lightweight, yet highly breathable and waterproof.
Currently, application development in the medical field is being actively pursued, and application to scaffolding materials used in regenerative medicine is progressing in particular.
It can be used as a scaffolding material in vivo because of its excellent bioabsorbability, cell adhesive properties, and porosity. In addition, electronic paper with excellent transparency is being developed by utilizing the fact that the diameter of nanofibers is shorter than the wavelength of light.
Principle of Nanofibers
This section describes how nanofibers are manufactured. There are three main methods of manufacturing nanofibers: electrospinning, composite melt spinning, and melt blowing.
- Electrospinning Method
Nanofibers are prepared by electrospinning a polymer solution into a syringe and then electrifying it with a high voltage. Since the applied voltage is only 10 to 40 kV, energy-saving production is possible. Since it can produce nanofibers down to several nm in diameter, it can be called the current mainstream production method, but mass production requires a large number of nozzles. - Composite melt spinning method
After molten polymer is extruded through a special nozzle to produce fibers with a sea-island structure, only the sea component is extracted to prepare nanofibers. It has the disadvantage that it can only produce nanofibers up to about 20 nm in diameter. - Melt-blow method
Melt-blown polymer is extruded through a nozzle and simultaneously blown with hot air. This method is also used to produce non-woven fabrics such as masks. However, the lower limit is about 0.5 μm in diameter, so the range of use is limited.
List of 4 Nanofiber Manufacturers
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American Elements
Nanofibers
Company Overview
American Elements was founded in 1997 in California and currently has research and production facilities in Utah, Mexico, China, and the United Kingdom. AE manufactures and distributes advanced materials from a catalog of over 30,000 products for bulk industrial use as well as small scale laboratory use. AE also provides testing and analyses services including spectroscopy along with structural, thermal, and electrical analyses. AE holds sustainable development as a core corporate value and is committed to work to protect the health of the environment.
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Otto Chemie Pvt. Ltd
Nanofibers
Company Overview
Founded in Mumbai, India in 2006, Otto Chemie Pvt. Ltd. is an ISO 9001:2015 & GMP certified chemical manufacturing company and distributor. Otto Chemie serves customers in many industries including agriculture and food processing, pharmaceuticals, oil & gas, cement, as well as educational and R&D industries. Product offerings include antibiotics, amino acids, vitamins, detergents, ionic liquids, materials science compounds, labware, oil, metal & ceramic science compounds and tools, oils, reagents, solvents.
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