Behnam Pourdeyhimi

Algorithm to determine orientation distribution function from microscopic images of fibrous networks: Validation with X-ray microtomography

MICRON, 160.

Chicago Sky Blue diazo-dye release from poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) electrospun nanofibers

JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS, 345.

Controlling PA6/PET adhesion to facilitate interfacial fracture

EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL, 171.

Effect of inter-needle distance on jet roping and laydown structure in solution blowing

JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 132(18).

Multiphase CFD Modeling and Experimental Validation of Polymer and Attenuating Air Jet Interactions in Nonwoven Annular Melt Blowing

INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, 61(37), 13962–13971.

Physics-based deep neural network model to guide electrospinning polyurethane fibers

Rahman, S. M., Tafreshi, H. V., & Pourdeyhimi, B. (2022, September 20). JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE, Vol. 9.

Process-Structure-Property relationship of roping in meltblown nonwovens

Roberts, E., Ghosh, S., & Pourdeyhimi, B. (2022, January 13). JOURNAL OF THE TEXTILE INSTITUTE, Vol. 3.

Structure-Performance Relationships of Li-Ion Battery Fiber-Based Separators

ACS APPLIED POLYMER MATERIALS, 4(5), 3676–3686.

Synthesizing heat transfer factors on thermal bonding structure of mineral added polypropylene spun-bond

Wei, W., Shim, E., Song, Y., & Pourdeyhimi, B. (2022, January 10). JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE, Vol. 1.

Technological Innovation and Industrial Decline: The Case of the Automatic Loom in the British Cotton Industry

INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY REVIEW, 44(1), 48–60.

Anisotropic mechanical behaviour of calendered nonwoven fabrics: Strain-rate dependency

JOURNAL OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS, 55(13), 1783–1798.

Development of a novel test method for the measurement of fuzz in nonwovens

Kim, E., Nelson, D. A., & Pourdeyhimi, B. (2021, June 6). JOURNAL OF THE TEXTILE INSTITUTE, Vol. 6.

Dual-Responsive Microgels for Structural Repair and Recovery of Nonwoven Membranes for Liquid Filtration

ACS APPLIED POLYMER MATERIALS, 3(3), 1508–1517.

Fabrication of drug-loaded ultrafine polymer fibers via solution blowing and their drug release kinetics

49TH SME NORTH AMERICAN MANUFACTURING RESEARCH CONFERENCE (NAMRC 49, 2021), Vol. 53, pp. 128–135.

Meltblown Polyvinylidene Difluoride as a Li-Ion Battery Separator

ACS APPLIED POLYMER MATERIALS, 3(6), 3038–3048.

Modeling the Triboelectric Behaviors of Elastomeric Nonwoven Fabrics

Wang, Y., Shim, E., He, N., Pourdeyhimi, B., & Gao, W. (2021, November 8). ADVANCED MATERIALS, Vol. 11.

N-Halamine Polypropylene Nonwoven Fabrics with Rechargeable Antibacterial and Antiviral Functions for Medical Applications

ACS BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING, 7(6), 2329–2336.

Polymer melting temperatures and crystallinity at different pressure applied

JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE.

Solution-Blown Poly(hydroxybutyrate) and epsilon-Poly-L-lysine Submicro- and Microfiber-Based Sustainable Nonwovens with Antimicrobial Activity for Single-Use Applications

ACS BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING, 7(8), 3980–3992.

Structure-property relationship of melt spinning polypropylene fibers containing inorganic particulate CaCO3 fillers

[Review of ]. TEXTILE RESEARCH JOURNAL, 91(11-12), 1419–1435.

Constitutive modeling of polymers accounting for their hyperelasticity, plasticity, creep and viscoelastic relaxation

Polymer Testing, 85, 106444.

Durability of Disposable N95 Mask Material When Exposed to Improvised Ozone Gas Disinfection

The Journal of Science and Medicine, 2(1).

Heat Induced Grafting of Poly(glycidyl methacrylate) on Polybutylene Terephthalate Nonwovens for Bioseparations

Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 59(12), 5371–5380.

High-Throughput Manufacture of 3D Fiber Scaffolds for Regenerative Medicine

TISSUE ENGINEERING PART C-METHODS, 26(7), 364–374.

Modeling of spunbond formation process of polymer nonwovens

Polymer, 187, 121902.

Mutual Sliding Motion of Wrapped Filaments for Biomedical and Engineering Applications

LANGMUIR, 36(16), 4357–4369.

New Approaches to Improve Translation of Fiber-based Scaffold Approaches

Presented at the Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering Conference (CMBE), Rio Mar, Puerto Rico.

Photodynamic Coatings on Polymer Microfibers for Pathogen Inactivation: Effects of Application Method and Composition

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13(1), 155–163.

Prediction of crystallinity of spunbond webs

Journal of Applied Physics, 128(20), 205101.

Surgical Mask Particle Filtration Efficiency (PFE)

The Journal of Science and Medicine, 2(3), 1–11.

Theoretical and experimental study of dissolution mechanism of cellulose

JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS, 312.

University research funding: Why does industry funding continue to be a small portion of university research, and how can we change the paradigm?

INDUSTRY AND HIGHER EDUCATION, Vol. 9, p. 095042222096228.

Anisotropic Scaffold Fabrication using High-Throughput 3D-Melt Blowing

Presented at the Biofabrication, Columbus, OH.

Characterizing nonwoven materials via realistic microstructural modeling

Separation and Purification Technology, 211, 602–609.

Cohesion energy of thermally-bonded polyethylene terephthalate nonwovens: Experiments and theory

Polymer Testing, 78, 105984.

Easy-to-use correlations to estimate droplet mobility on hydrophobic fibrous coatings

COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS, 582.

Elastomeric depth filter

(U.S. Patent No. 10,464,000).

Empirical model to simulate morphology of electrospun polycaprolactone mats

Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 136(46), 48242.

Hydroentangled polymer nonwovens: Prediction of jet streaks and surface roughness

POLYMER, 180.

Hydroentanglement of Polymer Nonwovens 2: Simulation of multiple polymer fibers and prediction of entanglement

POLYMER, 164, 205–216.

Hydroentanglement of polymer nonwovens. 1: Experimental and theoretical/numerical framework

POLYMER, 164, 191–204.

Industrial-scale fabrication of an osteogenic and antibacterial PLA/silver-loaded calcium phosphate composite with significantly reduced cytotoxicity

JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART B-APPLIED BIOMATERIALS, 107(4), 900–910.

Influence of sea polymer removal on sound absorption behavior of islands-in-the-sea spunbonded nonwovens

TEXTILE RESEARCH JOURNAL, 89(12), 2444–2455.

Investigating Process-Structure Relationships of 3D-MeltBlowing for Tissue Engineering Applications

Presented at the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.

Microfiber Nonwovens as Potential Membranes

SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION REVIEWS, 48(4), 282–297.

Modeling Polymer Crystallization Kinetics in the Meltblowing Process

Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 59(1), 399–412.

Nonwoven Sustainability (Keynote)

Pourdeyhimi, B. (2019, October). Presented at the Nonwoven Research Academy, EDANA, Denkendorf, Germany.

Nonwovens-Structure-process-property relationships

STRUCTURE AND MECHANICS OF TEXTILE FIBRE ASSEMBLIES, 2ND EDITION, pp. 109–143.

Penetration of liquid droplets into hydrophobic fibrous materials under enhanced gravity

Journal of Applied Physics, 125(14), 145304.

Recent Trends in Nonwovens and Sustainability

Pourdeyhimi, B. (2019, September). Presented at the RISE, Raleigh, NC.

The role of staple fiber length on the performance of carded, hydroentangled nonwovens produced with polypropylene fibers

JOURNAL OF ENGINEERED FIBERS AND FABRICS, 14.

The role of staple fiber length on the performance of carded, hydroentangled nonwovens produced with splittable fibers

JOURNAL OF ENGINEERED FIBERS AND FABRICS, 14.

A new approach to modeling liquid intrusion in hydrophobic fibrous membranes with heterogeneous wettabilities

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 558, 154–163.

Deformation and damage of random fibrous networks

International Journal of Solids and Structures, 184, 233–247.

Droplet Mobility on Hydrophobic Fibrous Coatings Comprising Orthogonal Fibers

LANGMUIR, 34(41), 12488–12499.

Droplet adhesion to hydrophobic fibrous surfaces

Applied Surface Science, 456, 626–636.

Effects of electrospinning conditions on microstructural properties of polystyrene fibrous materials

Journal of Applied Physics, 124(23), 235307.

Elastomeric Depth Filter

(Europe Patent No. 2800618).

Electrospun mat of poly(vinyl alcohol)/graphene oxide for superior electrolyte performance

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 10(9), 7927–7934.

Meltblown Structure-Property Relationships: Permeability & Barrier Properties

Meltblown Structure-Property Relationships: Permeability & Barrier Properties. Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics.

Point-bonded polymer nonwovens and their rupture in stretching

Polymer, 146, 209–221.

Polymer adhesion in heat-treated nonwovens

Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 135(15).

Adhesion of blended polymer films

Polymer, 112, 92–101.

Creation and evaluation of new porcine model for investigation of treatments of surgical site infection

Tissue Engineering. Part C, Methods, 23(11), 795–803.

Dynamic adsorption of ammonia: Apparatus, testing conditions, and adsorption capacities

Measurement Science & Technology, 28(5).

Effect of annealing on charging properties of electret fibers

Journal of the Textile Institute, 108(6), 987–991.

Heavy metal adsorption on solution-blown biopolymer nanofiber membranes

Journal of Membrane Science, 530, 250–263.

High-throughput fabrication method for producing a silver-nanoparticles-doped nanoclay polymer composite with novel synergistic antibacterial effects at the material interface

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 9(25), 21105–21115.

Highly conductive polypropylene-graphene nonwoven composite via interface engineering

Langmuir, 33(30), 7452–7458.

Ibuprofen loaded pla nanofibrous scaffolds increase proliferation of human skin cells in vitro and promote healing of full thickness incision wounds in vivo

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. Part B, Applied Biomaterials, 105(2), 327–339.

Investigating activation of carbon fiber nonwovens for use as supercapacitor electrodes

Journal of the Textile Institute, 108(9), 1528–1536.

Meltblown polymer fabrics as candidate scaffolds for rotator cuff tendon tissue engineering

Tissue Engineering. Part A, 23(17-18), 958–967.

Methods of forming an artificial leather substrate from leather waste and products therefrom

(U.S. Patent No. 9822481).

Notches in fibrous materials: micro-mechanisms of deformation and damage

XXVII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTER SIMULATION IN MECHANICS OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES - FUNDAMENTALS OF STATIC AND DYNAMIC FRACTURE (MCM 2017), 6, 168–173.

Nylon-graphene composite nonwovens as monolithic conductive or capacitive fabrics

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 9(9), 8308–8316.

Structures and properties of hydroentangled nonwovens: effect of number of manifolds

Journal of the Textile Institute, 108(3), 301–313.

The charging and stability of electret filters

Fibrous Filter Media, 95–121.

An analytical approach to predict pressure drop and collection efficiency of dust-load pleated filters

Separation and Purification Technology, 161, 80–87.

Articles containing woven or non- ultra-high surface area macro polymeric fibers

(U.S. Patent No. 9284663).

Computational fluid dynamics simulations and experiments of meltblown fibrous media: new die designs to enhance fiber attenuation and filtration quality

Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 55(7), 2049–2058.

Creating tissues from textiles: Scalable nonwoven manufacturing techniques for fabrication of tissue engineering scaffolds

Biomedical Materials, 11(1).

Electrospinning device

(U.S. Patent No. 9469920).

Evaluation of silver ion-releasing scaffolds in a 3D coculture system of MRSA and human adipose-derived stem cells for their potential use in treatment or prevention of osteomyelitis

Tissue Engineering. Part A, 22(21-22), 1258–1263.

Fabrication micro-meltblown filtration media using parallel plate die design

Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 133(7).

Fabrication of novel high surface area mushroom gilled fibers and their effects on human adipose derived stem cells under pulsatile fluid flow for tissue engineering. applications

Acta Biomaterialia, 36, 220–230.

Hybrid adsorbent nonwoven structures: a review of current technologies

Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 51, pp. 4173–4200.

Industrial-scale solution blowing of soy protein nanofibers

Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 55(1), 323–333.

Macromol. Rapid Commun. 22/2016

Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 37(22), 1785–1785.

Modeling effects of fiber rigidity on thickness and porosity of virtual electrospun mats

Materials & Design, 96, 27–35.

Nonwovens modelling: A review of finite-element strategies

Journal of the Textile Institute, 107(2), 225–232.

Numerical Modeling of Mechanical Response of Fibrous Materials under Out-of-Plane Loading

Sozumert, E., Demirci, E., Acar, M., Pourdeyhimi, B., & Silberschmidt, V. (2016, August 1). Presented at the The 7th International Conference on Computational Methods, Berkeley, CA, USA.

Numerical modeling and experimental study of solution-blown nonwovens formed on a rotating drum

Polymer, 105, 255–263.

Numerical prediction of the effect of uptake velocity on three-dimensional structure, porosity and permeability of meltblown nonwoven laydown

Polymer, 85, 19–27.

Physical microfabrication of shape-memory polymer systems via bicomponent fiber spinning

Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 37(22), 1837–1843.

Preparation of pseudocapacitor electrodes via electrodeposition of polyaniline on nonwoven carbon fiber fabrics

Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 133(16).

Process-structure-property relationship of melt spun poly(lactic acid) fibers produced in the spunbond process

Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 133(47).

Reducing diffusion limitations in Ion exchange grafted membranes using high surface area nonwovens

Journal of Membrane Science, 514, 53–64.

Sintering of compound nonwovens by forced convection of hot air

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 101, 327–335.

Sound absorption analysis of thermally bonded high-loft nonwovens

Textile Research Journal, 86(8), 837–847.

Surface crystallinity of meltspun isotactic polypropylene filaments

Macromolecular Research, 24(1), 25–30.

Translating Textiles to Tissues: Tissue Engineering Using Industry Standard Manufacturing Approaches

Tuin, S. A., Haslauer, C. M., & Loboa, E. G. (2016, January). Presented at the Biomedical Engineering Society: Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering 2016 Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Application of solution-blown 20-50 nm nanofibers in filtration of nanoparticles: The efficient van der Waals collectors

Journal of Membrane Science, 485, 132–150.

Biodegradable and biocompatible soy protein/polymer/adhesive sticky nano-textured interfacial membranes for prevention of esca fungi invasion into pruning cuts and wounds of vines

Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 3(10), 2147–2162.

Creating Tissues from Textiles: Scalable Novel Nigh Surface Area Gilled Fiber Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering Applications Using Commercially Relevant Nonwoven Manufacturing Approaches

Proceedings of the 17th Annual North Carolina Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Society Conference. Presented at the 17th Annual North Carolina Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Society Conference, Winston Salem, NC.

Deformation and Damage of Thermally Bonded Nonwoven Networks

In Mechanics of Advanced Materials (pp. 181–199).

Developments in the Production of High Surface Area Fibers and Nonwovens for Filtration

Pourdeyhimi, B. (2015, March 23). Presented at the Society of Plastics Engineers, Orlando, FL.

Electrostatic capture efficiency enhancement of polypropylene electret filters with barium titanate

Aerosol Science and Technology, 49(8), 666–673.

From Textiles to Tissues: Economical, Scalable, Textile Industry Standard Nonwovens for Tissue Engineering Applications

Tuin, S. A., Pourdeyhimi, B., & Loboa, E. G. (2015, January). Presented at the Biomedical Engineering Society: Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering 2015 Annual Meeting, Saint Thomas, US Virgin Islands.

Impact of aqueous suspension drops onto non-wettable porous membranes: Hydrodynamic focusing and penetration of nanoparticles

Colloids and Surfaces. A, Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 467, 31–45.

Measuring electrostatic properties of fibrous materials: A review and a modified surface potential decay technique

Journal of Electrostatics, Vol. 74, pp. 21–26.

Mechanical analysis of bi-component-fibre nonwovens: Finite-element strategy

Composites. Part B, Engineering, 68, 327–335.

Nonwovens modelling: a review of finite-element strategies

The Journal of The Textile Institute, 1–8.

Reactive compatibilization of polyamide 6/polyethylene nonwoven based thermoplastic composites

European Polymer Journal, 63, 194–206.

Service life of circular pleated filters vs. that of their flat counterpart

Separation and Purification Technology, 156, 881–888.

Theoretical and experimental investigation of physical mechanisms responsible for polymer nanofiber formation in solution blowing

Polymer, 56, 452–463.

Translating textiles to tissue engineering: Creation and evaluation of microporous, biocompatible, degradable scaffolds using industry relevant manufacturing approaches and human adipose derived stem cells

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. Part B, Applied Biomaterials, 103(5), 1050–1058.

Aerosol filtration properties of nucleating agent containing electret filters

Polymer Engineering and Science, 54(7), 1533–1539.

Basis weight uniformity analysis in nonwovens

Journal of the Textile Institute, 105(4), 444–453.

Durable Nonwovens

Presented at the INDEX, Geneva.

Economical, Scalable, Textile Industry Standard Nonwoven Manufacturing for Tissue Engineering

Proceedings of the 16th Annual North Carolina Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Society Conference. Presented at the 16th Annual North Carolina Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Society Conference, Durham, NC.

Functional Tissue Engineering: Mechanobiology of Adipose Derived Stem Cells

Proceedings of the 18th Annual Regenerative Medicine Workshop. Presented at the 18th Annual Regenerative Medicine Workshop, Hilton Head, South Carolina.

Fundamentals and Applications of Micro and Nanofibers

Interconnected, microporous hollow fibers for tissue engineering: Commercially relevant, industry standard scale-up manufacturing

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. Part A, Vol. 102, pp. 3311–3323.

Large deformation of thermally bonded random fibrous networks: microstructural changes and damage

Journal of Materials Science, 49(11), 4081–4092.

Latest Developments in Bonding

Presented at the Converting and Bonding (CAB) conference, Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry (INDA), Greenville, SC.

Mechanical behaviour of nonwovens: Analysis of effect of manufacturing parameters with parametric computational model

Computational Materials Science, 94, 8–16.

Meltblown fiber mats and their tensile strength

Polymer, 55(16), 4241–4247.

Mixed Fiber and Nonwoven Fabrics Made from the

(Japan Patent No. 5629577).

Modeling Filtration

Pourdeyhimi, B., Tafreshi, H., Maze, B., & Shim, E. (2014, October). Presented at the Filtrex, Berlin, Germany.

Modeling performance of multi-component fibrous insulations against conductive and radiative heat transfer

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 71, 341–348.

Modeling service life of pleated filters exposed to poly-dispersed aerosols

Powder Technology, 266, 79–89.

Novel Bicomponent Fibers

Pourdeyhimi, B., & Maze, B. (2014, September). Presented at the Man Made Fiber Conference.

Novel, silver-ion-releasing nanofibrous scaffolds exhibit excellent antibacterial efficacy without the use of silver nanoparticles

Acta Biomaterialia, 10(5), 2096–2104.

Numerical analysis of progressive damage in nonwoven fibrous networks under tension

International Journal of Solids and Structures, 51(9), 1670–1685.

Printing Conductive Patterns on Fabrics

Presented at the TechTextil, Atlanta, GA.

Skin tissue engineering for the infected wound site: Biodegradable PLA nanofibers and a novel approach for silver ion release evaluated in a 3D coculture system of keratinocytes and Staphylococcus aureus

Tissue Engineering. Part C, Methods, 20(10), 790–797.

The Latest Developments in Nonwovens Media

Pourdeyhimi, B. (2014, September). Presented at the Textile World Innovation, Atlanta, Georgia.

Utility of polyvinyl alcohol fiber-based needle punched nonwoven fabric as potential reinforcement in cementitious composites

Journal of Composite Materials, 48(25), 3129–3140.

3-D Computational Modeling of Fluid Flow Over Winged Fibers: Winged Fibers Enhance Shear Stress and RUNX2 Expression in hASC

Proceedings of the Annual Joint Meeting of the Materials Research Society and the Materials Information Society. Presented at the Annual Joint Meeting of the Materials Research Society and the Materials Information Society, Raleigh, NC.

3-D Computational Modeling of Fluid Flow Over Winged Fibers: Winged Fibers Enhance Shear Stress and RUNX2 Expression in hASC

Proceedings of the 15th Annual North Carolina Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Society Conference. Presented at the 15th Annual North Carolina Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Society Conference, Winston-Salem, NC.

3-D microscale simulation of dust-loading in thin flat-sheet filters: A comparison with 1-D macroscale simulations

Chemical Engineering Science, 99, 284–291.

A simple simulation method for designing fibrous insulation materials

Materials & Design, 44, 99–106.

Acoustical absorptive properties of spunbonded nonwovens made from islands-in-the-sea bicomponent filaments

Journal of the Textile Institute, 104(4), 438–445.

Antibacterial activity of photocatalytic electrospun titania nanofiber mats and solution-blown soy protein nanofiber mats decorated with silver nanoparticles

Catalysis Communications, 34, 35–40.

Biodegradable non-woven fabric having plant virus encapsulated actives for drug delivery

(U.S. Patent No. 8535727).

Biopolymer-based nanofiber mats and their mechanical characterization

Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 52(43), 15104–15113.