Nanofiber

Nanofibers are defined as fibers with diameters less than 100 nanometres. In the textile industry, this definition is often extended to include fibers as large as 1000 nm diameter. They can be produced by melt processing, interfacial polymerization, electrospinning, antisolvent-induced polymer precipitation and electrostatic spinning. Carbon nanofibers are graphitized fibers produced by catalytic synthesis.