Multifunctional Smart Nanocolorants for Simultaneous Printing and Antibacterial Finishing of Cotton Fabrics

Hebeish, Ali; Allam, Emad; Abd El-Thalouth, Ibrahim; Ragheb, Amira; Shahin, Asmaa; Shaban, Hanan

doi:10.21608/ejchem.2018.5740.1496

Multifunctional Smart Nanocolorants for Simultaneous Printing and Antibacterial Finishing of Cotton Fabrics

Document Type : Original Article

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¹ National Research Centre (Scopus affiliation ID 60014618), Textile Industries Research Division, Pretreatment and Finishing of Cellulosic based Textiles Department, 33 El-Behouth St. (former El-Tahrir str.), Dokki, P.O. 12622, Giza, Egypt

² Faculty of Applied Arts, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt

³ National Research Centre (Scopus affiliation ID 60014618), Textile Industries Research Division, Dyeing, Printing and Textile Auxiliaries Department, 33 El-Behouth St. (former El-Tahrir str.), Dokki, P.O. 12622, Giza, Egypt

⁴ national research centre

10.21608/ejchem.2018.5740.1496

Abstract

The presented work studied the synthesis a new multifunctional smart nanocolorant based on natural clay (montmorillonite K10), chitosan and metal nanoparticles (CuO, ZnO, TiO2 or Ag) using ultrasonic technology. The prepared nanocolorants were characterized for their particle size and properties. These nanocolrant were used in printing paste for application to cotton fabric before and after sonication. Surface morphology antibacterial activity and fastness properties were evaluated for treated fabrics. It is observed that fabrics printed with prepared materials after sonication acquire much smoother surface than those printed with prepared materials before sonication. The new hybrid particles are small enough to diffuse into fibers and they create high fastness properties. In addition, printed fabrics with hybrids particles are highly fixed on the fiber surface.

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