Electrospinning for Next-Generation Materials and Technologies: Innovations, Functional Properties, and Emerging Applications
Aims and Scope
Electrospinning has emerged as a versatile and adaptable technology for producing micro- and nanofibrous materials with controllable morphology, high surface-area-to-volume ratios, interconnected porosity, and tunable functional properties. Advances in electrospinning techniques, polymer chemistry, and material functionalization have expanded the applications of electrospun nanofibers across biomedical engineering, environmental protection, energy technologies, food packaging, sensing, and advanced manufacturing. Integrating natural and synthetic polymers, nanoparticles, functional additives, and bioactive compounds has further enabled the development of multifunctional nanofibrous systems with tailored structural, mechanical, chemical, and biological characteristics.
This Special Issue aims to provide an international platform for recent advances in electrospinning technologies, polymer nanofiber engineering, functional material development, and emerging applications. We will place particular emphasis on innovative fabrication strategies, structure–property relationships, sustainable and biodegradable nanofibers, smart and stimuli-responsive systems, nanocomposites, biomedical materials, membranes, sensors, and energy-related applications. Contributions addressing process optimization, scalability, characterization, performance evaluation, and emerging computational approaches are also encouraged.
The Special Issue welcomes original research articles and comprehensive review papers covering fundamental developments and practical applications of electrospun materials, with the objective of highlighting emerging directions and advancing the translation of nanofiber technologies into functional and sustainable material solutions.