Electrospun fibrous constructs towards clean and sustainable agricultural prospects: SWOT analysis and TOWS based strategy assessment

KP Das, D Sharma, BK Satapathy - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Clean and sustainable agricultural production that is organic and minimally assisted by
chemicals is one of the major challenges of the 21st century. In view of the unpredictable …

Challenges and advantages of electrospun nanofibers in agriculture: a review

S Meraz-Dávila, CE Pérez-García… - Materials Research …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The application of nanotechnology in the field of agriculture has been growing piecemeal;
however, it has been very limited only to the use of nanoparticles with respect to the intake …

Urea-based patches with controlled release for potential atopic dermatitis treatment

ZJ Krysiak, U Stachewicz - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Skin diseases such as atopic dermatitis (AD) are widespread and affect people all over the
world. Current treatments for dry and itchy skin are mostly focused on pharmaceutical …

Embedded ceria nanoparticles in crosslinked PVA electrospun nanofibers as optical sensors for radicals

N Shehata, E Samir, S Gaballah, A Hamed… - Sensors, 2016 - mdpi.com
This work presents a new nanocomposite of cerium oxide (ceria) nanoparticles embedded
in electrospun PVA nanofibers for optical sensing of radicals in solutions. Our ceria …

Biodegradable polymer nanofibers applied in slow release systems for agri-food applications

D Martins, VP Scagion, R Schneider… - Polymers for Agri-Food …, 2019 - Springer
Polymer nanofibers possess remarkable properties including high aspect ratio, nanoscale
diameters, mechanical flexibility, varied morphology and porosity and large surface area for …

Characterization of SiO2 nanoparticles dispersed (PVA–PEO) blend based nanocomposites as the polymeric nanodielectric materials

S Choudhary - 2016 - nopr.niscpr.res.in
Polymer nanocomposite (PNC) films consisting of poly (vinyl alcohol)(PVA) and poly
(ethylene oxide)(PEO) blend matrix dispersed with nanosize particles of silicon dioxide (SiO …

Increasing in the heat resistance efficiency of filters using hydrophobic PVA/PEO/PTFE/SA nanofiber and PTFE nanoparticle composite

E Shim, H Eom, S Ahn, Y Kim - Journal of Industrial and Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, a conventional polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) foam-coated glass fabric filter
(PG) was coated with a nanoparticle (NP)-decorated nanofiber (NF) filter to improve the …

Fluorescent nanocomposite of embedded ceria nanoparticles in crosslinked PVA electrospun nanofibers

N Shehata, S Gaballah, E Samir, A Hamed, M Saad - Nanomaterials, 2016 - mdpi.com
This paper introduces a new fluorescent nanocomposite of electrospun biodegradable
nanofibers embedded with optical nanoparticles. In detail, this work introduces the …

Controlled fertilizer release via tunable poly (vinyl alcohol)/ammonium sulfate-coated nonwoven materials

İ Özen, G Okyay, A Ulaş - Journal of Coatings Technology and Research, 2019 - Springer
In this study, nonwoven fabrics were coated with two different ammonium sulfate fertilizer
loadings (27.75% and 55.50%) by using two different poly (vinyl alcohol) types (high and …

Fluorescent nanocomposite of embedded ceria nanoparticles in electrospun chitosan nanofibers

N Shehata, E Samir, S Gaballah, A Hamed… - Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
This paper introduces a detailed optical characterization for a novel fluorescent
biodegradable nanocomposite of electro-spun chitosan nanofibers with in-situ embedded …