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RAFT Reaction Modified Cotton Fabric and Its Application for Oil/Water Separation

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For the actual courses of surroundings conservation, segregation of oily water mixtures is increasingly desired. The hydrophobic/oleophilic cotton fabric as a system for removing oil from a water phase was prepared by reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) reaction technology. A piece of fabric was modified with the RAFT chain transfer agent S-1-Dodecyl-S′-(α′,α″-dimethyl-α″-acetic acid) trithiocarbonate (CTA), then hydrophobic/oleophilic interface was fabricated on the CTA modified fabric by grafting the octadecyl methacrylate. The chemical structures, surface topographies and surface properties were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and contact angle experiments, respectively. The ability of as-prepared fabric with a separation efficiency was better than 97.0 % on average for various types of oil/water mixtures demonstrated the hydrophobic/oleophilic property. We believe that the work will extend the applications of fabric in the oil/water separation and provide a new design in practical applications.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51703130), and the International Science and Technology Cooperation Project of Shaoxing University (Grant No. 2019LGGH1004).

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  1. College of Textile and Garment, College of Life Science, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing, 312000, China

    Xu Meng, Yanyan Dong, Song Mu & Liping Liang

  2. Key Laboratory of Clean Dyeing and Finishing Technology of Zhejiang Province, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing, 312000, China

    Xu Meng

  3. Zhejiang Sub-center of National Carbon Fiber Engineering Technology Research Center, Shaoxing, 312000, China

    Xu Meng

  4. Textile Research Institute of Terrassa (INTEXTER-UPC), Terrassa, 08222, Spain

    Manuel J. Lis Arias

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Meng, X., Dong, Y., Arias, M.J.L. et al. RAFT Reaction Modified Cotton Fabric and Its Application for Oil/Water Separation. Fibers Polym 23, 396–403 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12221-021-0635-4

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