Moisture Transport: Tailoring Differential Moisture Transfer Performance of Nonwoven/Polyacrylonitrile-SiO2 Nanofiber Composite Membranes (Adv. Mater. Interfaces 15/2017)

Xianfeng Wang, Bin Ding, and co-authors design a nonwoven/polyacrylonitrile-SiO2 nanofiber dual-layer membrane with high wettability gradient in article number 1700062. The developed fibrous membrane offers an excellent moisture management performance with an outstanding one-way transport capacity (1413%), excellent overall moisture management capacity (0.99), and a superior breathability (water vapor transfer rate of 12.73 Kg m−2 d−1), indicating a potential candidate for faster sweat release applications (e.g. sportswear, footwear and workwear).