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Fabrication of ZnO@Cotton fabric with anti-bacterial and radiation barrier properties using an economical and environmentally friendly method

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Recent years have witnessed the explosive progress of functional materials, which are made by loading various metal oxides onto fabrics. A cost-effective, facile, and simple approach of loading hexagonal zinc oxide (ZnO) sheets onto fabrics is highly desired. Here, the fabrication of the multifunctional ZnO@cotton fabrics is demonstrated using a surface micro-dissolution method by sodium hydroxide/urea (NaOH/urea) and zinc chloride (ZnCl2) aqueous solution. The hexagonal sheet ZnO forms the reflective layer to ultraviolet and near-infrared rays. The UV reflectivity of ZnO@cotton fabric is higher than the raw fabric in the range of 10.9–18.8% and UPF value of treated fabric was 100 + . Infrared barrier results were obtained through the phenomenon of heat radiation transfer obstruction, when fabrics being placed on the hot plate of 120 °C, the temperature difference between raw and treated fabrics is 6.6 °C. Also, the high antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus cultures of ZnO@cotton fabric was testified.

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This work was financially supported by Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (XDJK2014B005), Doctoral Foundation Project of Southwest University (SWU118080).

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  1. College of Textile and Garment, Southwest University, No. 216 Tiansheng Road, 400716, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China

    Ruimin Hu, Jinlong Yang, Pu Yang, Ziqin Wu, Hang Xiao, Yiping Liu & Ming Lu

  2. Chongqing Engineering Research Center of Biomaterial Fiber and Modern Textile, 400716, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China

    Yiping Liu & Ming Lu

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Hu, R., Yang, J., Yang, P. et al. Fabrication of ZnO@Cotton fabric with anti-bacterial and radiation barrier properties using an economical and environmentally friendly method. Cellulose 27, 2901–2911 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-019-02965-1

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