Shape of fibrous materials: its significant effects and findings

The is the essential characteristic of fibrous materials,which encompasses dimension,apparent morphology and structure and decides the nature of fibrous materials.It is a basic attribute of material and as important as the quality.In previous study researchers paid attention to the issue of consciously and unconsciously in this field,however they were more concerned with substance composition which belongs to the attribute of quality.Researchers seemed not sensitive to or afraid of the issue of dimension,while to apparent morphology and intrinsic structure they were still using convenitional research methods or utilizing some methods of other disciplines.Having briefly reviewed the study and applications of fiber structure,morphology and dimension,the exploration of the shape of fibrous materials by TMT team(Textile Materials and Technology Lab.) of Donghua University was presented,mainly focusing on the study and findings of dimension,morphology,structure and their fractal dimension,hoping to draw more attentions to the shape,a basic attribute of materials.