Jonathan Y. Chen. Professor and Elizabeth Tarpley Regents Fellow in the School of Human Ecology and Texas Materials Institute at The University of Texas at Austin. He has worked in the science and engineering area of fiber and fabrics for over 40 years. He has expertise in structure, process, and applications of functional/smart fiber, fabric, and composite materials. He has published over 120 research papers in peer-reviewed journals, books, and technical conference proceedings relevant to textile materials, polymers, composites, bioresource technologies, and material testing. Chen obtained Ph.D. in Textile Engineering in 1995 from the University of Leeds, England, and holds Fellow of The Textile Institute (CText FTI). He serves on the editorial boards for the Journal of Industrial Textiles, Textile Research Journal, and Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy.

• Section A: Fundamentals of Carbonized and Activated Carbon1. Introduction2. Materials for activated carbon fiber synthesis3. Carbon fiber spinning4. Carbonization and activation for production of activated carbon fibersSection B: Properties of Activated Carbon Fibers5. Adsorption properties of activated carbon fibers6. Mechanical properties of activated carbon fibers7. Electrical and thermal properties of activated carbon fibers8. Sound absorptive properties of activated carbon fibersSection C: Applications of Activated Carbon Fiber Textiles9. Activated carbon filters for filtration–adsorption10. Activated carbon fiber for environmental protection11. Activated carbon fiber for energy storage12. Activated carbon fibers for gas storage