One Step In-Situ Synthesis of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles for Multifunctional Cotton Fabrics |
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| Authors: | Asif Javed Jakub Wiener Asta Tamulevi
ien&#x; Tomas Tamulevi
ius Algirdas Lazauskas Jana Saskova Simas Ra
kauskas |
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| Institution: | 1.Department of Material Engineering, Faculty of Textile Engineering, Technical University of Liberec, 46001 Liberec, Czech Republic; (J.W.); (J.S.);2.Institute of Materials Science, Kaunas University of Technology, K. Baršausko St. 59, LT-51423 Kaunas, Lithuania; (A.T.); (T.T.); (A.L.); (S.R.);3.Department of Physics, Kaunas University of Technology, Studentų St. 50, LT-51423 Kaunas, Lithuania |
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| Abstract: | Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) have acquired great significance in the textile sector due to their impressive efficiency and multifold utilization, such as antimicrobials, UV protection, photo catalytic activity, and self-cleaning. The aim of this work is in-situ growth of ZnO NPs on 100% cotton fabrics with the one-step hydrothermal method for preparation of multifunctional textile with UV protecting, antibacterial, and photo catalytic properties. Sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and Zinc nitrate hexahydrate Zn(NO3)2·6H2O] were used as reactants for the growth of zinc oxide on the 100% cotton fabrics. The loaded amount of Zn contents on the cotton fabric was determined by using induced coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES). The surface morphological characterization of deposited ZnO NPs was examined, employing scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) and, Fourier- transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The characterization results showed the presence of ZnO NPs on cotton fabrics having hexagonal wurtzite crystalline structure. The synthesized ZnO NPs on fabrics exhibited promising results for antibacterial, UV protection, and photo catalytic performance. |
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| Keywords: | ZnO nanomaterials metal oxide antibacterial UV protection self-cleaning |
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