Mohsen Miraftab, B.Sc., M.Sc., PhD, Ctext, FTI
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Professional biography:
Mohsen obtained his B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. from Manchester University (UMIST) between the years (1977 to 1986). Working under Professor J.W. Hearle for his Ph.D., he made major contribution to understanding of flexural fatigue phenomena in synthetic materials. In 1987 he joined University of Reading as a senior research fellow and worked on an industrially sponsored project investigating micro-fibrillation characteristics of stretched PTFE films/fibres. In 1990 he joined University of Bolton and undertook research and teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Working in collaboration with industry, Mohsen secured substantial government and industrial funding to initiate, develop and to finally patent at least two novel biomaterials intended for wound dressings and four others in medical textiles and recycling. Similarly, he initiated and developed the very first acoustic underlay made from 100% carpet waste, now commercially produced. Mohsen has over 70 refereed and conference publications and has authored, co-authored and edited at least 8 text books in medical textile area as well as technical textile field. He is an editorial member of the Journal of Industrial Textiles as well as a referee member of Carbohydrate Polymer Journal. Mohsen currently leads the IMRI flagship M.Sc. programme in Advanced Materials and carries out regular consultancy work for local and national industry.
Current research interests:
Mohsen's current research interests are in the area of Medical/Technical Textiles and Recycling of polymeric/textile materials. The following are some of the recent and current projects that have been carried out within the Centre:
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Development of polysaccharide based biomaterials
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Multi-functional development of wound dressings
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Acoustic underlays made from carpet waste
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Novel application of fibrous waste in soil/concrete
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Expert system development for wound dressing selections
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Technical application of specialty fibres/materials
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Electrospinning of natural and manmade polymers
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Development of novel nano-based structures
Most recent publications:
1. M. Ahmad, J.K. Luo and M. Miraftab, Application of Shape Memory Polymer as a Pressure Actuator for Venous Leg Ulcer Treatment, Polymer Degradation and Stability (2011) 1-8
2. M.Ahmed, J.K. Luo, B.Xu, H. Purnawali, P.J. King, P. Chalker, Y.Q. Fu. W. MHuang and M. Miraftab, Synthesis and characterization of Polyurethane-based shape memory polymer for tailored Tg around Body Temperature for medical applications, Molecu.Chem. & Phys.2011, 212
3. Yimin Qin, Chanjun, Jie Chen and Mohsen Miraftab, Chitosan fibres with enhanced antimicrobial properties, Chemical Fibres International, March 2009, pages 154-156.
4. Mohsen Miraftab and Ann Lickfold, Utilisation of carpet waste in reinforcement of substandard soils, Journal of Industrial Textiles, Volume 38, Number 2/October 2008, p167-174.
5. M.Miraftab, I. Rushforth and Kirill Horoshenkov, Acoustic Underlay Manufactured from Carpet Tile Wastes; Part 2: Comparative study of optimised underlay with commercial products of similar calibre in accordance to universal standards,AUTEX Research Journal, Vol. 6, No.1, March 2006.
6. Mohsen Miraftab, Ian Rushforth and Kirill Horoshenkov, Acoustic underlay manufactured from carpet tile wastes; Part 1: Effect of variation in granular/fibre dry ratio, binder concentration, and waste particle size on impact sound insulation of the produced underlays, AUTEX Research Journal, Vol. 5,No2, June 2005.
7. Rushforth I., Horoshenkov K. Miraftab M. and Swift M., Impact Sound Reduction and Visoelastic Properties of Underlay Manufactured from Recycled Carpet Waste, Applied Acoustics, 66 (2005) 731-749.
8. Alginate fibres modified with unhydrolysed and hydrolysed chitosan for wound dressings, C.J. Knill, J.F. Kennedy, J. Mistry, M. Miraftab, G.Smart, M.R. Groocock and H.J. Williams, Carbohydrate Polymers 55 issue 1,January 2004, 65- 76.
9. Advanced wound care materials: ultra high absorbing fibres made from alginates containing branan ferulate and carboxymethyl cellulose, M.Miraftab, Q.Qiao, J.F. Kennedy, C.J. Knill and M.R. Groocock, The Journal of The Textile Institute, 2004, 95, Nos 1-6, pages 341-348.