Durable easy-cleaning and antibacterial cotton fabrics using fluorine-free silane coupling agents and CuO nanoparticles

Multifunctional fabrics of high durability through a scalable and eco-friendly technique remains a great challenge hindering their commercialization.In this work,we report a facile synthesis technique for the fabrication of superhydrophobic antibacterial fabrics by employing fluorine-free silane coupling agents as cross-linkers for enhanced durability.Three silane cross-linkers,Aminoethylaminopropyltrimethoxysilane(AEAPTMS),Aminopropyltriethoxysilane(APTES),and Methacryloyloxypropyltrimethoxysilane(MPTMS),have been investigated.During the fabrication,a low surface energy polymer,polydimethylsiloxane(PDMS)was first deposited on cotton fabrics.Subsequently,antibacterial copper oxide(CuO)nanoparticles were anchored on the PDMS coated fabrics using the silane cross-linkers.The as-prepared fabrics displayed high superhydrophobicity and antibacterial performance with water contact angle(WCA)>153
,water shedding angle(WSA)<5
,and up to 99%antibacterial efficiency.Additionally,the as-prepared fabrics displayed high durability against abrasion,ultrasonic washing,and soaking in harsh chemical environments.The air permeability and flexibility of the fabric was not compromised after the coating.The above-reported technique is simple,cost-effective and holds tremendous potential for large-scale production of energy-saving clothing and healthcare products.

Preparation of Immobilized ε-Polylysine PET Nonwoven Fabrics and Antibacterial Activity Evaluation

A novel antibacterial material （L-PET） was prepared by immobilizing ε-polylysine on polyethylene terephthalate （PET） nonwoven fabrics. Surface modifications of the fabric were performed by using a chemical modification procedure where carboxyl groups were prepared on the PET surface, a coupling agent was grafted, and the ε-polylysine was immobilized. Scanning electron microscopy （SEM） was used to analyze the surface morphology of the fabrics, while the toluidine blue method and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy （XPS） were used to evaluate the grafting densities. The antibacterial activities of the L-PET were investigated by using the shaking-flask method. The electron micrographs showed that the surface of the blank PET and the modified fabrics did not change. The results of XPS analysis confirmed that ε-polylysine was successfully grafted onto the surface of PET. The results of the antibacterial experiments showed that L-PET fabrics had excellent antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus, and that L-PET fabrics were stable in storage for at least two years.

Application Performance of a New Antibacterial Flame Retardant for Cotton Fabrics

An excellent and novel flame retardant and antimicrobial agent,monochlorotriazine triethylphosphite guaridine(MCTPG),which made in the laboratory could treat cotton fabrics and dyeing with reactive dyes at the same time.The dyeing and functional property of treated cotton fabrics is characterized by five variables,each with a different effect on the final product.The best dyeing and flame retardant finishing process of reactive red K and MCTPG:2%(owf)reactive red K,250 g/L MCTPG,40 g/L NaCl,and 60 g/L Na2CO3,the fixation temperature is 90℃,and the fixation time is controlled at 60 min,with a bath ratio of 1:30.The percentage of dye uptake rate can reach 61.9%and the fixation rate is 52.8%.The treated cotton fabric has better flame retardancy and antibacterial property.The limited oxygen index(LOI)reached 26.3%,the after-flame time was 7.1 s,the char length was 65 mm,and the width of the bacteriostatic band of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus both reached 2.0 mm.

Influence of Chitosan Binder on the Adhesion of Silver Nanoparticles on Cotton Fabric and Evaluation of Antibacterial Activity

Colloidal silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) with particle size less than 10 nm and concentration of 2 mM/L (~200 mg/L) were synthesized by gamma Co-60 ray irradiation of Ag+/chitosan solutions with different chitosan concentration of 0.5%, 1% and 2% (w/v). Incorporation of AgNPs onto cotton fabric was carried out by padding method with 100% wet pick-up. The content of AgNPs deposited on cotton fabric and released from cotton fabric after repeated washing was determined by inductively couple plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES). The results indicated that cotton/AgNPs fabric made from padding into AgNPs solution with 0.5% - 1% chitosan was the best one of AgNPs adhesion ability on cotton fabric. Results on antibacterial activity against S. aureus showed that cotton/AgNPs fabric with AgNPs content more than 100 mg/kg exhibited highly antibacterial activity (η > 98%). The mechanical property (tensile strength and elongation) of cotton/AgNPs fabrics was almost unchanged in comparison with untreated cotton fabric. Thus, the resultant cotton/AgNPs fabric with highly antibacterial activity can be potentially used as bed drapes and/or patient uniforms in hospitals, etc.

Structural Color Modified Fabrics with Excellent Antibacterial Property

With the improvement of living standards, people are paying more and more attention to health problems. The antibacterial function of fabrics is therefore of great importance. The structural color(photonic crystal), which has been widely investigated and applied on fabric dyeing, contains a large number of hollow microstructure and functional groups, and is easy to be modified and functionalized. Therefore, an innovative way of endowing structural color dye on fabrics with antibacterial property was presented in this paper. The latex spheres and zinc pyrrolidone were co-assembled on polydopamine modified fabrics, antibacterial ion zinc pyrrolidone was therefore loaded into the pores of structural color dye, and brilliant antibacterial fabrics were successfully achieved. The existence of zinc pyrrolidone had little influence on the color saturation of brilliant structural color and meanwhile ensured the structural color dye excellent antibacterial effect. The antibacterial reduction rate of the antibacterial fabric reached 99.99%. Owing to the addition of polyurethane(PUA) coating on the surface of structural color, the fabric modified by the antibacterial structural color dye also presented good washing resistance, which showed great application possibility in functional textile and antibacterial fields.

Low temperature preparation of nano TiO_2 and its application as antibacterial agents

A low temperature preparation of nano TiO2 using sol-gel method was proposed. The antibacterial properties of the treatment solution and the treated cotton fabrics obtained via a dip-padding process were evaluated. XRD pattern shows that the nano TiO2 produced is an anatase phase. Aqueous nano-dispersion of the nano TiO2 exhibites positive results as an antibacterial finishing agent for cotton fabrics. The treatment solution possesses antibacterial rates of over 92% and 88.9% against Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis,respectively. The treated fabrics are slightly downgraded but still maintained over 89% and 83% of reduction towards the same bacteria. After washing for 50 times,the antibacterial performances of the treated fabric still remains at a relatively high level,indicating the durable characteristic of nano TiO2 treatment.

Preparation of UV-curable Nano-silver Antimicrobial Agent and Its Application in Non-woven Fabric

Nano-silver and waterborne polyurethane(WPU)composite emulsion was synthesized.The average diameter of silver nanoparticles(SNPs)was about 20 nm,and the average diameter of WPU was 101.32 nm.The anti-bacteria finishing of a polypropylene non-woven fabric(NWF)was carried out by ultraviolet finishing technology and the double dipping twin-roll method.The standard AATCC100 was used to test the antimicrobial activity of the samples.The results showed that the antimicrobial rates of Klebsiella pneumoniae(K.pneumoniae)and Staphylococcus aureus(S.aureus)were above 90%,which indicated that the NWF finishing had good antimicrobial activity.In addition,the thermal stability,mechanical properties,whiteness and contact angle of antimicrobial finishing nonwovens were characterized.The results showed that the performance of antimicrobial nonwovens was stable at 300℃.The breaking strength was better than that of untreated nonwovens,and the contact angle reached 119.1°.

A Cell-Based Smoothed Finite Element Method for Modal Analysis of Non-Woven Fabrics

The combination of a 4-node quadrilateral mixed interpolation of tensorial components element(MITC4)and the cell-based smoothed finite element method(CSFEM)was formulated and implemented in this work for the analysis of free vibration and unidirectional buckling of shell structures.This formulation was applied to numerous numerical examples of non-woven fabrics.As CSFEM schemes do not require coordinate transformation,spurious modes and numerical instabilities are prevented using bilinear quadrilateral element subdivided into two,three and four smoothing cells.An improvement of the original CSFEM formulation was made regarding the calculation of outward unit normal vectors,which allowed to remove the integral operator in the strain smoothing operation.This procedure conducted both to the simplification of the developed formulation and the reduction of computational cost.A wide range of values for the thickness-to-length ratio and edge boundary conditions were analysed.The developed numerical model proved to overcome the shear locking phenomenon with success,revealing both reduced implementation effort and computational cost in comparison to the conventional FEM approach.The cell-based strain smoothing technique used in this work yields accurate results and generally attains higher convergence rate in energy at low computational cost.

Beijing Dayuan Non-woven Fabric Co.Ltd

Situated in the Shilong Industrial District of Mentougou, Beijing, the Beijing Dayuan Non-woven Fabric Co. Ltd is a Sino-foreign joint venture producing non-woven fabrics, set up in 1991.

Comparative Study of Polypropylene Non-Woven Surgical Mask and Locally Manufactured Woven and Knitted Fabrics Facial Masks

The outbreak of coronavirus has led to an increase in the demand for facemasks globally. Unavailability of appropriate polypropylene non-woven fabrics face masks as a result of inadequate supply to satisfy the growing population has brought about the manufacturing of locally fabrics masks to augment or substitute standard medical class facemasks. The study aims at analyzing airflow of these locally manufactured fabrics to determine possible means of transmitting the virus as well as establish comfort of the user of these masks. Standard polypropylene non-woven, woven and knitted fabrics were considered for the study. Air permeability test was conducted on these fabrics using Frazier Air permeability tester. Depending on the property significant variation in the textile fabrics, polypropylene non-woven is widely accepted for facial masks. Nevertheless, this study illustrates that woven and knitted fabrics have more open structures, which allow a high rate of air penetration and so may require two or three layers to prevent antimicrobial or antiviral potential.

Antibacterial Cellulose Coated with N-halamine by Pad-Cure Process

In order to improve the antibacterial property of cellulose,a new N-halamine antibacterial material precursor was synthesized.1,2,3,4-Butanetetracarboxylic acid( BTCA) was used to attach the N-halamine precursor onto cotton fabric as the cross-linking agent. The synthesized compound was characterized by1 H nuclear magnetic resonance(1H NMR). The cotton fabric treated with Nhalamine precursor was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy( FT-IR) and scanning electron microscopy( SEM).The antimicrobial efficacy, washing durability and UVA light stability were investigated. The cotton fabric treated with the Nhalamine precursor could be rendered biocidal after exposure to dilute household bleach. The chlorinated cotton fabric shows great antimicrobial efficacy,100% of Staphylococcus aureus( S. aureus)with 1.00 ×10~7 CFU and 99. 998% of Escherichia coli (E. coli)O157∶H7 with 2. 20 × 10~7 CFU can be inactivated with 30 min of contact. Washing durability tests indicate that over 55% of the chlorine can be regained upon rechlorination after 50 washing cycles,and UVA light stability tests show that over 62% of the chlorine can be regenerated after irradiation of 12 h.

Development of an Antibacterial Finishing Progress for Medical Compression Hosiery

Medical compression hosiery based on polyurethane and polyamide covered yarns was treated with two antibacterial agents,SCJ-891 and SCJ-963, to investigate their antimicrobial performance. Various parameters of finishing process, including concentration,temperature,pH and liquor ratio,were studied in the single factor and orthogonal experiments. ANOVA analysis indicated that all of these four variables played important roles in antimicrobial efficacy. Different combinations of finishing parameters gave different antimicrobial efficacies against both gram positive bacteria Staphylococcus aureus( S. aureus) and gram negative bacteria Escherichia coli( E. coli). SCJ-963 treated fabric had better antibacterial efficacy when compared with that of SCJ-963 treated yarn. Meanwhile both SCJ-963 treated fabric and yarn showed better antibacterial efficacy when compared with SCJ-891 treated fabric and yarn. The optimized parameters for SCJ-891 treated fabric against S. aureus( A: 86%) were a liquor ratio of 1: 20,a concentration of 10% of weight of fabric,pH of 4. 5 and a temperature of 99℃; the optimized parameters for SCJ-963 treated fabric against S. aureus( A: 83%) were a liquor ratio of 1: 15,a concentration of 10% of weight of fabric, a pH of 5 and a temperature of 99℃. Furthermore, two kinds of antimicrobial finishing of the fabric had good resistance to 50 times washing. This study concluded that SCJ-891 and SCJ-963 were compatible to be used in medical compression hosiery.

抗菌热湿舒适复合功能服用面料的性能

为开发热湿条件下穿着健康舒适的抗菌服用面料,以桑蚕丝为经纱,蜂窝抗菌涤纶纤维、天丝、蜂窝抗紫外涤纶纤维、蜂窝玉石涤纶纤维等混纺为纬纱,通过改变纬纱种类、织物组织及纬密等设计并试织了A、B两个系列共16种织物;并对其吸湿速干、抗菌与热传递性能等进行测试,运用模糊综合分析法对其抗菌性能、热湿舒适性进行评价。结果表明:当纬纱中含有天丝成分时织物吸湿速干性能更佳,随着织物组织浮长变短、纬密增大,其吸湿速干性能整体呈下降趋势;织物具有优良的抗菌性,纬纱中蜂窝抗菌涤纶纤维含量越高,织物抗菌性能越好。织物热阻随着纬纱中天丝含量增加而减小,当含有蜂窝玉石涤纶纤维时织物热传递性能最佳;组织浮长更短的织物热传递性能更优。模糊综合分析结果表明,A系列中以天丝蜂窝抗菌涤纶纤维蜂窝抗紫外涤纶纤维(306010)为纬纱并以16枚加强纬缎织造的织物抗菌热湿舒适性能最佳,B系列中纬密为46根cm时织物抗菌热湿舒适性能最佳。

磷酸锆载银涤纶长丝针织物性能研究

为了研究磷酸锆载银涤纶长丝纬编针织物的性能,文章采用8.33 tex/72 f(75 D/72 f)磷酸锆载银涤纶长丝及14.80 tex精梳棉纱进行添纱平纹针织物的编织。参照国家标准对针织物的胀破强度、透湿性能和抗菌性能进行测试,分析磷酸锆载银涤纶长丝在添纱平纹针织物中的应用效果。结果表明,抗菌涤纶长丝作为地纱、棉纱作为面纱的添纱平纹针织物,其透湿性能远高于普通的涤棉织物,对金黄色葡萄球菌和大肠杆菌两个菌种的抗菌率可以达到99.00%。

澳洲坚果壳活性炭载锌复合抗菌材料的制备及性能研究

以澳洲坚果壳为原料,采用氯化锌活化法制备粉末活性炭作为抗菌材料载体,通过浸渍法将Zn^(2+)负载于活性炭的表面和微孔中,得到活性炭载锌复合抗菌材料。利用碘吸附值、氮气吸脱附、扫描电子显微镜、电感耦合等离子体-发射光谱及抗菌实验对材料进行表征。结果表明:活性炭材料具有多孔结构,比表面积达644.118 m^(2)/g,平均孔径为2.289 nm,碘吸附值为1018 mg/g。以硫酸锌为锌源,炭锌接触时间7 h、炭锌浸渍比1∶25、锌溶液浓度1.0 mol/L时,制备的活性炭载锌复合抗菌材料具有较好的杀菌性能,对大肠杆菌和金黄色葡萄球菌都能达到99.9%的抗菌率。活性炭载锌复合抗菌材料与织物浸渍得到的抗菌织物也具有较好的抗菌效果,展现了良好的应用前景。本研究可为拓宽废弃生物质资源的应用范围提供参考。

碘释放抗菌涂层棉织物的制备及其在伤口修复中的应用

为使医用棉基敷料在伤口管理中能同时对伤口进行安全有效的消毒处理,以增强棉基敷料在医用领域的使用价值,采用羧甲基纤维素钠(CMC)/聚乙烯吡咯烷酮(PVP)混合聚合物溶液对棉织物进行浸泡处理,借助CMC的成膜性促使聚合物涂层在棉织物表面快速形成,之后经吸附溶胀碘化钾后使用过氧化氢溶液处理,获得了一种稳固碘释放抗菌棉织物。测试了不同整理条件下抗菌棉织物对水分子和碘离子的吸附效果,分析了其抗菌性能和生物相容性,并对其用于伤口愈合的效果进行了研究。结果表明:所制备棉织物能够增强对I_(2)的络合能力,利于I_(2)缓释从而增加使用时效;伤口愈合实验证实涂层棉织物络合I_(2)后,可有效杀死伤口处的细菌加速伤口愈合;体外抗菌实验证实涂层棉织物对金黄色葡萄球菌和大肠杆菌的杀灭效果高达99%,而细胞毒性实验显示整理后棉织物对细胞组织几乎无毒副作用,细胞存活率均在90%以上。这种简单而有效的制备策略对于制造用于临床伤口消毒及治疗的功能性纱布等医用纺织品具有巨大的开发潜力。

负载Cu⁃BTC棉织物的制备及性能研究

为了赋予棉织物(CF)多种性能,将铜金属-有机框架材料(Cu-BTC)与CF结合,采用层层组装法将Cu-BTC负载在CF上,制备了Cu-BTC/CF,研究了其吸附脱色、防紫外线及抗菌性能。结果表明:在制备过程中加入纳米Al2O3和阳离子表面活性剂1631可以提高CF上Cu-BTC的数量和均匀度。Cu-BTC/CF对亚甲基蓝的吸附脱色率达到97%,重复使用3次后对亚甲基蓝的吸附脱色率仍能达到79%。Cu-BTC/CF的紫外线防护系数(UPF值)达到100+,对大肠杆菌和金黄色葡萄球菌的抑菌率均达到99%以上。认为:在CF上负载Cu-BTC可以赋予CF吸附脱色、防紫外线、抗菌等多种功能。

抗菌保暖羊绒立体肌理针织面料的开发

为了丰富织物的类型和提升织物性能,采用羊绒纱线为主要原料,辅以抗菌锦纶高弹丝和涤纶低弹丝,通过立体化织物组织设计,在纬编针织电脑圆机上成功开发出了2种具有立体肌理的针织面料,测试了针织面料的保暖性能和抗菌性能。结果表明:开发的针织面料具有挺括的表面质感、凹凸分明的肌理和褶皱效果,同时兼具舒适的弹性和柔软的触感以及一定的抗菌性,适用于多种秋冬季节的衣物,可通过改变织针排列和纱线颜色变化设计不同风格的针织面料,为功能性纺织品的开发提供了新的思路和方法。

光敏抗菌纯棉无纺布的制备及性能研究

以纯棉水刺无纺布为基材,乙酸为溶剂,柠檬酸为交联剂,把壳聚糖接枝在棉无纺布上,再以壳聚糖为载体,固定原卟啉,制备出一种光敏抗菌材料。借助扫描电镜和傅里叶红外光谱仪分析固定前后棉无纺布的形貌及化学结构变化,并探究改性后棉无纺布的力学性能、透气性及抗菌性能。结果表明:棉无纺布表面接枝了壳聚糖与原卟啉,其断裂强力有所减小;在暗室/光照条件下,改性无纺布对金黄色葡萄球菌和大肠杆菌均具有良好的抗菌效果,尤其在光照条件下,原卟啉与壳聚糖的协同抗菌作用,使改性无纺布对大肠杆菌的抗菌率达到99.91%。

双丝包芯纱的设计及产品开发

双丝包芯纱采用蚕丝和粘胶长丝作为芯丝,将铜离子涤纶纤维、甲壳素纤维和抗菌涤纶纤维以不同比例进行混纺作为外包纤维,研究不同的双丝包芯纱的结构特征、毛羽和拉伸性能,并进行了具有抗菌功能的纺织品开发,旨在为多功能纺织品的开发提供参考。