Fabrication of Nanostructured Self-DetoxifyingNanofiber Membranes that Contain ActivePolymeric Functional Groups

摘要

Military soldiers, medicinal doctors, and ordinary people require protection against chemicaland biological warfare (CB) agents. Activated charcoal impregnated with metal ions iscurrently used in protective clothing applications, which has some disadvantages. Electrospinningis emerging as one of the cheapest technologies to produce continuous nanofiberswith a high surface area-to-volume ratio. In the present study, electrospinning of apoly(ethylene imine) (PEI)/nylon blend has been carried out in which PEI acts as a supportmaterial as well as a catalytic media.The membrane is combined with nonselectivemetal oxide nanoparticles todegrade CB agents into non-toxicproducts. In addition, these membranespossess hydrophilic properties,hence they are suitable candidates forprotective clothing applications.