Affecting Parameters on Electrospinning of Nanofibers Used in Chemical and Microbial Defense

Chemical and biological warfare can cause irreparable effects on human and other creatures. Among the most common chemical agents are nerve agents, mustard, blood agents, arsine, chlorine and phosgene. Electrospinning is a method for production of different nano and microfibers from polymers solution, solutions containing polymers and nanoparticles or melted polymers. One of the main applications of nanofibers produced by electrospinning is their use for production of protective clothing against chemical and biological agents. This is based on the active materials used in nanofibers and can decompose or neutralize different chemical and biological warfare agents. In this review article, first electrospinning process and affecting parameters are summarized and then conducted research on the preparation of protective nanofibers against chemical and biological warfare are studied. Also, different decomposition mechanisms of chemical agents are investigated based on used active materials in nanofibers. Based on the research in this field, nylon 6/ ZnO composite nanofibres is proposed as the most suitable choice for preparation of protective clothing against chemical and biological warfare.