Electrospun nanofibers as next generation materials with improved air filtration performance

3^rd International Conference and Exhibition on Materials Science & Engineering

October 06-08, 2014 Hilton San Antonio Airport, USA

Subramanian Sundarrajan, Kwong Luck Tan, Soon Huat Lim and Seeram Ramakrishna

Accepted Abstracts: Material Sci Eng

Abstract :

Activated carbon and fiberglass are the two mostly studied materials in air filtration industry due to their good performance with associated low cost. The advancement in the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology produced materials with improved properties than conventional materials. Nanofibers are one of the nanotechnology products, which have been explored for applications such as healthcare, water, energy, electronics, catalysis, environmental, air filtration, bioengineering and biotechnology. Pores and pore size distribution of nanofibers can be easily tunable. Recently, they have been explored in various air filtration products such as high efficiency particulate absorption (HEPA) filters and so on. In this talk, various nanofibers that are electrospun and deposited on HEPA filters, process variation, additives addition, and their performances, challenges faced and their potential application in air filtration industry will be presented.

Biography :

Subramanian Sundarrajan has completed his PhD at the age of 29 years from Madras University and Postdoctoral studies from National University of Singapore, Department of Mechanical Engineering. He is working as a Senior Lecturer at ITE, Singapore. He has published more than 70 papers in reputed journals and serving as an Editorial Board Member of repute. He joined the NUS in 2003 where he is working on electrospinning of nanofibers, metal oxide nanoparticles and nanofibers for air, water and tissue regeneration applications. He is one of the cited Researchers in materials science. He authored 3 books chapters and ~70 ISI papers with 14 as H-index. He has written many invited review articles on air, water and tissue engineering applications. He is reviewing papers for many international reputed journals.