The present invention relates to electrospun fibers comprising i) a hydrophilic polymer that is soluble in a first solvent, ii) a bioadhesive substance that is slightly soluble in said first solvent, iii) optionally, a drug substance.

Provided herein are high performance reinforcing nanostructure additives, high throughput processes for using such additives, and composites comprising such additives. Such nanostructure additives include nanofibers, including nanofiber fragments, of various matrix materials, including metal(s) (e.g., elemental metal(s), metal alloy(s), etc.), metal oxide(s), ceramic(s), metal carbide(s), carbon (e.g., carbon nanocomposites comprising carbon matrix with metal component embedded therein), and/or combinations thereof.

The present invention relates to a low-volatile organic compound (VOC) natural fiber composite material, a preparation method therefor and an application thereof. In the method, a nanoclay and a resin are blend-spun to prepare modified synthetic fibers, the modified synthetic fibers are mixed with natural fibers or with natural fibers and other fibers to prepare mixed fibers, and the mixed fibers are shredded, mixed, lapped, needle punched or hot pressed, so as to prepare the low-VOC natural fiber composite material. The low-VOC natural fiber composite material can be applied to automobile interior trims after hot pressing. The low-VOC natural fiber composite material has features of low VOC, low density, light weight, low cost, high strength, good toughness, high deformability, high safety, and being environmentally-friendly and recyclable.

A method for making electrically-conductive yarn includes simultaneously drawing and axially twisting a starting material selected from a group consisting of intrinsically electrically-conducting fiber nonwovens and multifilament tows of intrinsically electrically-conducting fiber. The resulting yarn is a compacted, intrinsically electrically-conducting fiber material having an axial twist of between about 0.5 and about 60 degrees.

A method for making electrically-conductive mesh includes extruding a dispersion of a polymer in a polar solvent through a spinneret into a coagulation bath of non-solvent to the fibers to produce intrinsically electrically-conducting fibers, allowing the intrinsically electrically-conducting fibers to accumulate in the coagulation bath where the fibers entangle forming a mesh, and removing the mesh from the coagulation bath and placing it in a wash bath of a solvent having a relative polarity of less than 0.15.

Disclosed herein is the production of medical textile material with nanofiber surface that has transdermal drug release properties and that is coated with azithromycin active substance by using needle electrospinning method and ultrasonic spray pyrolysis (USP) technique. Specifically disclosed is a nanofiber medical textile material production method that includes the steps of preparing polymer solutions containing PVP (polyvinylpyrrolidone) with a concentration of 12 wt % and GEL (gelatin) with a concentration of 0.72 wt %; determining solution properties such as conductivity, viscosity, and surface tension, producing nanofibers from prepared polymer solutions at by atmosphere-controlled horizontal needle fiber spinning (electrospinning) setup, obtaining PVP/GEL nanofibers after the fiber spinning process, thin film coating of the drug active substance on the obtained nanofibers, PVP/GEL nanofibers by the USP method, and cross-linking of both polymers to facilitate the final application processes of the drug-release material.

Described are precursor fibers of lignin-based carbon fibers with a content of water-soluble lignin salt (A). A special characteristic of these precursor fibers is the inclusion of water-soluble polyvinylpyrrolidone or a derivative (B) thereof. Further described is an advantageous process for producing these precursor fibers as well as their advantageous use for producing carbon fibers by carbonization, optionally followed by graphitization.

The present disclosure relates to a spinning beam for producing hollow fiber membranes in a phase inversion process, and to a process using the spinning beam.