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Front Cover -- Metal Oxide-Based Nanofibers and Their Applications -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- About the series editor -- About the volume editors -- Preface to the series -- Preface to the volume -- Section 1 -- 1 Fundamentals of electrospinning and safety -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Electrospinning process for metal oxide nanofibers -- 1.2.1 Precursor solution for sol-gel electrospinning process toward metal oxide nanofibers -- 1.2.2 Precursor solution for colloidal method toward metal oxide nanofibers -- 1.2.3 Electrospinning process parameters

1.3 Large-scale production -- 1.4 Electrospinning safety -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 2 Special techniques and advanced structures -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Electrospinning for producing metal oxide nanofibers -- 2.2.1 Directly electrospinning of the precursor solution -- 2.2.2 Selectively removing the polymer component in the composite nanofibers -- 2.2.3 Converting amorphous to crystalline structure -- 2.2.4 Physical and chemical modifications -- 2.3 Advanced structures of metal oxide nanofibers -- 2.3.1 Control of core-sheath, hollow, or side-by-side morphology

2.3.2 Control of in-fiber and interfiber porosity -- 2.3.3 Control of hierarchical surface structures -- 2.3.4 Control of alignment and patterns -- 2.3.5 Welding of nanofibers at their cross points -- 2.3.6 Three-dimensional fibrous aerogels -- 2.3.7 Mass production of metal oxide nanofibers -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 3 Nonelectrospun metal oxide nanofibers -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Nonelectrospinning techniques -- 3.2.1 Solution blow spinning technique -- 3.2.2 Plasma-induced technique -- 3.2.3 Drawing technique -- 3.2.4 CO2 laser supersonic drawing -- 3.2.5 Template synthesis

3.2.6 Centrifugal spinning -- 3.3 Synthesis of metal oxide nanofibers -- 3.3.1 Tin oxide nanofibers -- 3.3.2 Silica nanofibers -- 3.3.3 Barium titanate nanofibers -- 3.3.4 Copper oxide nanofibers -- 3.3.5 Tungsten oxide nanofibers -- 3.3.6 Ferric oxide nanofibers -- 3.3.7 NiO, CeO2, and NiO-CeO2 composite nanofibers -- 3.3.8 Titanium dioxide and zinc oxide nanofibers -- 3.4 Conclusion -- References -- 4 Polymer-metal oxide composite nanofibers -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Electroactive polymers and their metal oxide composites -- 4.3 Elastomer-metal oxide nanocomposite fibers

4.4 Biopolymer/metal oxide nanocomposite fibers -- 4.5 Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Section 2 -- 5 Metal oxide nanofibers and their applications for biosensing -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Synthesis strategies for MONFs -- 5.2.1 Physicochemical route for MONF fabrication -- 5.2.2 Spinning technique for fabrication of MONFs -- 5.2.2.1 Electrospinning technique for fabrication of MONFs -- 5.2.2.2 Nonelectrospinning for fabrication of MONFs -- 5.2.3 Advanced microfabrication and nanofabrication strategies for MONFs -- 5.3 Biosensing applications of MONFs

5.3.1 Titanium dioxide nanofibers for biosensing.

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