title: Nanomaterials for Functional Textiles and Fibers.
abstract: Nanoparticles are very interesting because of their surface properties, different from bulk materials. Such properties make possible to endow ordinary products with new functionalities. Their relatively low cost with respect to other nano-additives make them a promising choice for industrial mass-production systems. Nanoparticles of different kind of materials such as silver, titania, and zinc oxide have been used in the functionalization of fibers and fabrics achieving significantly improved products with new macroscopic properties. This article reviews the most relevant approaches for incorporating such nanoparticles into synthetic fibers used traditionally in the textile industry allowing to give a solution to traditional problems for textiles such as the microorganism growth onto fibers, flammability, robustness against ultraviolet radiation, and many others. In addition, the incorporation of such nanoparticles into special ultrathin fibers is also analyzed. In this field, electrospinning is a very promising technique that allows the fabrication of ultrathin fiber mats with an extraordinary control of their structure and properties, being an ideal alternative for applications such as wound healing or even functional membranes.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Advanced Materials (InaMat), Materials Engineering Laboratory, Department of Mechanical, Energy and Materials Engineering, Public University of Navarre, Campus Arrosadía S/N, 31006, Pamplona, Spain. pedrojose.rivero@unavarra.es.
authors.forename: Pedro J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Rivero
authors.affiliation: Institute of Smart Cities (ISC), Nanostructured Optical Devices Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Public University of Navarre, Campus Arrosadía S/N, 31006, Pamplona, Spain.
authors.forename: Aitor
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Urrutia
authors.affiliation: Institute of Smart Cities (ISC), Nanostructured Optical Devices Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Public University of Navarre, Campus Arrosadía S/N, 31006, Pamplona, Spain.
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Goicoechea
authors.affiliation: Institute of Smart Cities (ISC), Nanostructured Optical Devices Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Public University of Navarre, Campus Arrosadía S/N, 31006, Pamplona, Spain.
authors.forename: Francisco J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Arregui
keywords: Antibacterial; Coatings; Electrospinning; Flame retardant; Functional nanowebs; Functional textiles; Membranes; Nanoparticles; Superhydrophobic; UV-protection; Wound dressing