ITAST (Iranian Textile Association of Science and Technology) Journal of Textiles and Polymers 2322-5203 5 2 2017 09 01 How Porous Nanofibers Have Enhanced the Engineering of Advanced Materials: A Review 3 21 50193 EN Niloufar Sabetzadeh Ali Akbar Gharehaghaji 0000-0002-3819-5048 Journal Article 2017 09 16 Nanofibers are one-dimensional nanomaterials<br />with a superfine diameter and many potential applications<br />due to their desirable characteristics such as small diameter,<br />high surface area, high flexibility, high porosity, and special<br />mechanical properties. In the recent years, porous nanofibers<br />have been the subject of considerable research works in a<br />wide range of applications owing to high surface area to<br />volume ratios and high porosity ratio. Combination of<br />superfine diameter and porosity in porous nanofibers<br />represent an emergent class of nanoporous materials with<br />maximum conceivable specific surface area, high pores<br />volume and extreme adsorption capacity that could lead to<br />improvement in many applications such as tissue engineering,<br />catalysts, sensors, batteries, energy storage,<br />adsorption/separation, filtration, medical applications, solar<br />cells, superhydrophobic surfaces, supercapacitors, and<br />conductors. The present review focuses on the current<br />progresses in the fabrication mechanisms and<br />characterization methods of porous nanofibers. In addition,<br />some application capabilities of porous nanofibers that were<br />reported in literature are discussed and an outline of future<br />trends is presented. http://www.itast.ir/article_50193_75e785cc9a3945b6e57db6e924db2f28.pdf