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Melt Spinning of Fibers

A special issue of Fibers (ISSN 2079-6439).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2019) | Viewed by 13153

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Rudolf Hufenus

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Laboratory for Advanced Fibers, Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Interests: polymer processing; melt spinning of fibers; multicomponent fibers; technical textiles
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Although synthetic fibers and textiles have a long history, their potential as innovative products is far from exhausted. The development of high-tech textiles relies on enhancements of fiber raw materials and processing techniques. Today, melt spinning of polymers is the most commonly used method for manufacturing commercial synthetic fibers, due to high spinning velocities and the simplicity of the production line. Ongoing research efforts ensure that fibers and textiles remain high value-added products.

This Special Issue aims to collect contributions on the most recent advances in the field of fiber melt spinning. Topics of interest are novel polymers, additives and processes used in melt spinning; multicomponent melt spinning; exceptional design of extrusion line, spinneret or draw-down unit; melt spinning instabilities; physical and chemical characterization, as well as applications of melt-spun fibers. In addition to experimental results, theoretical contributions and simulation studies that elucidate the physics of melt spinning and answer fundamental questions regarding fiber morphologies, from the nanoscale to the macroscale, are also welcome.

I hope this Special Issue will provide readers with a selection of papers that represent the current state of knowledge on fiber melt spinning.

Dr. Rudolf Hufenus
Guest Editor

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Fibers is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2000 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • synthetic fibers
  • filaments
  • bicomponent fibers
  • melt-spinning
  • fiber formation
  • spinnability
  • orientation
  • instabilities
  • technical textiles

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Facile Fabrication of PA66/GO/MWNTs-COOH Nanocomposites and Their Fibers
by Xuefeng Gao, Wenguang Yu, Xianye Zhang, Jiao Zhang, Haihui Liu and Xingxiang Zhang
Fibers 2019, 7(8), 69; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/fib7080069 - 25 Jul 2019
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Good dispersion and interfacial compatibility are the key issues to realize the full potential of the physical–mechanical properties of nanocarbon-materials reinforced composites. Styrene–maleic-anhydride-copolymer (SMA)-treated graphene oxide (GO), carboxylated multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs-COOH), and solid-state shear milling (S3M) were applied to further improve the [...] Read more.
Good dispersion and interfacial compatibility are the key issues to realize the full potential of the physical–mechanical properties of nanocarbon-materials reinforced composites. Styrene–maleic-anhydride-copolymer (SMA)-treated graphene oxide (GO), carboxylated multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs-COOH), and solid-state shear milling (S3M) were applied to further improve the physical–mechanical properties of the nanocomposite fibers. The results show that a mixture of GO/MWNTs-COOH exhibits good dispersion and interfacial compatibility in polyamide-66 (PA66) matrix. Consequently, the physical–mechanical properties of the fibers, which were spun from the nanocomposite of GO/MWNTs-COOH treated using SMA and S3M methods, show a significant enhancement compared to the untreated fibers as well as better crystallization and thermal properties. In particular, the tensile strength of the PA66/GO/MWNTs-COOH nanocomposite fibers with a loading of 0.3 wt % GO/MWNTs-COOH reaches a maximum (979 MPa), which is the highest among all of the reported literature values. Moreover, the fibers were fabricated by a facile process with efficiency, holding great potential for industrial applications. Full article
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Morphology Development of Polymer Blend Fibers along Spinning Line
by Long Chen, Dan Pan and Houkang He
Fibers 2019, 7(4), 35; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/fib7040035 - 25 Apr 2019
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Melt spinning is an efficient platform to continuously produce fiber materials with multifunctional and novel properties at a large scale. This paper briefly reviews research works that reveal the morphology development of immiscible polymer blend fibers during melt spinning. The better understanding of [...] Read more.
Melt spinning is an efficient platform to continuously produce fiber materials with multifunctional and novel properties at a large scale. This paper briefly reviews research works that reveal the morphology development of immiscible polymer blend fibers during melt spinning. The better understanding of the formation and development of morphology of polymer blend fibers during melt spinning could help us to generate desired morphologies and precisely control the final properties of fiber materials via the melt spinning process. Full article
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