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Fabric Coatings

A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2017) | Viewed by 60423

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Dr. Mahbubul Hassan

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Food & Bio-based Products Group, AgResearch Ltd., Cnr Springs Road & Gerald Street, Lincoln, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue on “Fabric Coatings” is dedicated to highlighting the latest developments and innovations in textile fabric coating. It is a multidisciplinary area which requires knowledge of textile technology and polymer science. Coated textiles are utilized in various sectors including defense, space, automobiles, sports, pollution control, and healthcare. Textile fabrics are coated for a variety of reasons, such as to introduce new and superior functions, add values and also to extend the life of materials. Textile fabrics are frequently coated with polymers and nanoparticles to make them water proof, windproof, antimicrobial, superhydrophillic, electro-conductive, flame retardant, heat conductive, electro-magnetic shielding, ultra-violet radiation shielding, thermo-chromic, photochromic, self-cleaning, stain resistant, and also to harvest energy. Coating is carried out not only to protect the textile materials themselves, but also to protect their wearers from various hazards. Coating of textiles is carried out by various techniques including dip coating, plasma, sol-gel, spray-coating, electro-less deposition, and chemical vapor deposition.

Due to the increasing demands, tremendous development in textile coatings occurred over the years. The constant development of the coating techniques resulted in the newest achievements that resulted in the formation nanoporous polymer layers onto to textile substrates that made the textile fabrics waterproof and windproof but breathable. Fabrics coated with millions of nanometer length silicone filaments never allow them to be wet. The advancements in electro-conductive and photovoltaic textile coatings have advented a new era in flexible electronic and energy harvesting textiles. The use of these products is increasing and they are quickly entering to consumer market. Over the last few years great progress has been made in the field of chemical analysis of coatings. This progress is mainly the result of the combination of recently developed surface characterization techniques such as Auger electron microscopy, photoelectron spectroscopy, ion scattering spectroscopy, and secondary ion-mas-spectroscopy.

This Special Issue of Coatings invites manuscripts of original articles, as well as critical reviews and perspectives, on the latest advancements and innovation in textile fabric coating from both academia and industrial researchers for a better understanding of the developments and opportunities in this area. The scopes of this Special Issue may include, but are not limited to, novel coating materials, advanced coating systems, multifunctional coatings, nanostructured coatings, advanced characterization of coatings, bio-based coatings, and sustainable coatings, but must be related to fabric coatings.

Dr. Mahbubul Hassan
Guest Editor

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Coatings is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • Super-hydrophobic coating
  • Electro-conductive coating
  • Antimicrobial coating
  • Self-cleaning coating
  • Ultra-violet radiation protective coating
  • Electromagnetic radiation protective coating
  • Infra-red protective coating
  • Bio-based and biocompatible coating
  • Novel coating methods
  • Novel coating characterization techniques

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In Vitro Assessment of Sericin-Silver Functionalized Silk Fabrics for Enhanced UV Protection and Antibacterial Properties Using Experimental Design
by Pisutsaran Chitichotpanya and Chayanisa Chitichotpanya
Coatings 2017, 7(9), 145; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings7090145 - 13 Sep 2017
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Silk sericin (SS) was used as both a 3-dimensional matrix and reductant for the in situ synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) finished on silk fabrics. We demonstrated enhanced UV protection and antibacterial properties using this synthesis which was an environmental friendly approach. Development [...] Read more.
Silk sericin (SS) was used as both a 3-dimensional matrix and reductant for the in situ synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) finished on silk fabrics. We demonstrated enhanced UV protection and antibacterial properties using this synthesis which was an environmental friendly approach. Development and optimization was achieved using a central composite design (CCD) in conjunction with the response surface methodology (RSM). The goal was to identify the concentrations of SS and AgNO3 that produced the optimal balance between UV protection and antibacterial activity, when tested against E. coli and S. aureus. The SS-AgNP bio-nanocomposites were characterized using Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM-EDX), X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). Statistical analyses indicated an empirical second-order polynomial could accurately model the experimental values. To confirm that the optimal levels from RSM worked in practice, performance evaluations were conducted, including tests of cytotoxicity, of the durability and stability of UV protection, as well as of the antibacterial activity of the functionalized fabrics after repeated standard washing. The results suggest that these bio-nanocomposites have great potential for multi-functionalization on silk fabrics. Our method has been shown to convert the waste material (SS) to a fabric with high added value. Full article
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Directional Trans-Planar and Different In-Plane Water Transfer Properties of Composite Structured Bifacial Fabrics Modified by a Facile Three-Step Plasma Treatment
by Fengxin Sun, Zhiqiang Chen, Licheng Zhu, Zhaoqun Du, Xungai Wang and Maryam Naebe
Coatings 2017, 7(8), 132; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings7080132 - 22 Aug 2017
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Fabrics with moisture management properties are strongly expected to benefit various potential applications in daily life, industry, medical treatment and protection. Here, a bifacial fabric with dual trans-planar and in-plane liquid moisture management properties was reported. This novel fabric was fabricated to have [...] Read more.
Fabrics with moisture management properties are strongly expected to benefit various potential applications in daily life, industry, medical treatment and protection. Here, a bifacial fabric with dual trans-planar and in-plane liquid moisture management properties was reported. This novel fabric was fabricated to have a knitted structure on one face and a woven structure on the other, contributing to the different in-plane water transfer properties of the fabric. A facile three-step plasma treatment was used to enrich the bifacial fabric with asymmetric wettability and liquid absorbency. The plasma treated bifacial fabric allowed forced water to transfer from the hydrophobic face to hydrophilic face, while it prevented water to spread through the hydrophobic face when water drops were placed on the hydrophilic face. This confirmed one-way water transport capacity of the bifacial fabric. Through the three-step plasma treatment, the fabric surface was coated with a Si-containing thin film. This film contributed to the hydrophobic property, while the physical properties of the fabrics such as stiffness and color were not affected. This novel fabric can potentially be used to design and manufacture functional and smart textiles with tunable moisture transport properties. Full article
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Study on Surface Properties of Polyamide 66 Using Atmospheric Glow-Like Discharge Plasma Treatment
by Mingyang Peng, Lee Li, Jiaming Xiong, Kui Hua, Shufan Wang and Tao Shao
Coatings 2017, 7(8), 123; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings7080123 - 14 Aug 2017
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Surface modification of fiber fabric sometimes needs a large volume of cold plasma to improve its efficiency. This experimental study is based on the treatment of polyamide 66 (PA66) fabrics using large contact-area glow-like plasma, which are produced in the atmospheric air without [...] Read more.
Surface modification of fiber fabric sometimes needs a large volume of cold plasma to improve its efficiency. This experimental study is based on the treatment of polyamide 66 (PA66) fabrics using large contact-area glow-like plasma, which are produced in the atmospheric air without any dielectric barriers. The atomic force microscopy (AFM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) are adopted, respectively, to detect the surface changes in physical microstructure and the variations in the type and quantity of chemical functional groups. The results show that the PA66 fabric surface will be etched remarkably by the glow-like plasma, and the surface roughness and the surface energy are augmented. On the surface of the processed PA66 fabrics, the oxygen-containing functional groups’ content rises together with the decrease on the total primary C–C and C–N bonds. After 30 seconds of sterilization by the glow-like plasmas, most of the bacterial colonies on the fabric vanish. The effectiveness of this kind of plasma treatment could last for three days in a sealed environment. Full article
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Water and Oil Repellent Finishing of Textiles by UV Curing: Evaluation of the Influence of Scaled-Up Process Parameters
by Franco Ferrero, Monica Periolatto and Lorenzo Tempestini
Coatings 2017, 7(5), 60; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings7050060 - 26 Apr 2017
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In this work, various textile fabrics were coated with silicone and fluorocarbon-based resins by photo-curing using ultraviolet irradiation. A great number of large fabric samples were impregnated by padding with commercial finishing agents and then irradiated in air with a high power, semi-industrial [...] Read more.
In this work, various textile fabrics were coated with silicone and fluorocarbon-based resins by photo-curing using ultraviolet irradiation. A great number of large fabric samples were impregnated by padding with commercial finishing agents and then irradiated in air with a high power, semi-industrial UV source. The add-on of various finishing agents was kept low to reduce the treatment cost. White and dyed samples of different textile composition were treated and evaluated in terms of conferred repellency, yellowing, or color changes. Most relevant process parameters were investigated, utilizing the thermal process normally adopted at industrial level as reference. The results were statistically evaluated by ANOVA using Minitab 16 software, in order to identify the most influential parameters and to evaluate the real possibility of replacing the thermal treatment with UV curing. Full article
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Regenerable Antibacterial Cotton Fabric by Plasma Treatment with Dimethylhydantoin: Antibacterial Activity against S. aureus
by Chang-E. Zhou, Chi-wai Kan, Jukka Pekka Matinlinna and James Kit-hon Tsoi
Coatings 2017, 7(1), 11; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings7010011 - 18 Jan 2017
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This study examined the influence of variables in a finishing process for making cotton fabric with regenerable antibacterial properties against Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus). 5,5-dimethylhydantoin (DMH) was coated onto cotton fabric by a pad-dry-plasma-cure method. Sodium hypochlorite was used for chlorinating [...] Read more.
This study examined the influence of variables in a finishing process for making cotton fabric with regenerable antibacterial properties against Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus). 5,5-dimethylhydantoin (DMH) was coated onto cotton fabric by a pad-dry-plasma-cure method. Sodium hypochlorite was used for chlorinating the DMH coated fabric in order to introduce antibacterial properties. An orthogonal array testing strategy (OATS) was used in the finishing process for finding the optimum treatment conditions. After finishing, UV-Visible spectroscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) were employed to characterise the properties of the treated cotton fabric, including the concentration of chlorine, morphological properties, and functional groups. The results show that cotton fabric coated with DMH followed by plasma treatment and chlorination can inhibit S. aureus and that the antibacterial property is regenerable. Full article
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Development of Novel ECTFE Coated PP Composite Hollow-Fiber Membranes
by Sergio Santoro, Enrico Drioli and Alberto Figoli
Coatings 2016, 6(3), 40; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings6030040 - 19 Sep 2016
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In this work composite hollow-fibers were prepared by dip-coating of commercial polypropylene (PP) with a thin layer of ethylene–chlorotrifluoroethylene copolymer (ECTFE). The employment of N-methyl pyrrolidone (NMP) as solvent improved the polymer processability favoring dip-coating at lower temperature (135 °C). Scanning electron microscopy [...] Read more.
In this work composite hollow-fibers were prepared by dip-coating of commercial polypropylene (PP) with a thin layer of ethylene–chlorotrifluoroethylene copolymer (ECTFE). The employment of N-methyl pyrrolidone (NMP) as solvent improved the polymer processability favoring dip-coating at lower temperature (135 °C). Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analyses showed that after dip-coating the PP support maintained its microstructure, whereas a thin coated layer of ECTFE on the external surface of the PP hollow-fiber was clearly distinguishable. Membrane characterization evidenced the effects of the concentration of ECTFE in the dope-solution and the time of dip-coating on the thickness of ECTFE layer and membrane properties (i.e., contact angle and pore size). ECTFE coating decreased the surface roughness reducing, as a consequence, the hydrophobicity of the membrane. Moreover, increasing the ECTFE concentration and dip-coating time enabled the preparation of a thicker layer of ECTFE with low and narrow pore size that negatively affected the water transport. On the basis of the superior chemical resistance of ECTFE, ECTFE/PP composite hollow fibers could be considered as very promising candidates to be employed in membrane processes involving harsh conditions. Full article
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Functionalized Textile Based Therapy for the Treatment of Atopic Dermatitis
by Wenyi Wang, Patrick C. L. Hui and Chi-Wai Kan
Coatings 2017, 7(6), 82; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings7060082 - 17 Jun 2017
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Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a common chronic inflammatory skin condition characterized by intense puritus and skin dryness. The pathogenesis for AD has not been fully understood to date. Complementary therapies are very popular as effective treatment for AD among clinical practitioners. This study [...] Read more.
Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a common chronic inflammatory skin condition characterized by intense puritus and skin dryness. The pathogenesis for AD has not been fully understood to date. Complementary therapies are very popular as effective treatment for AD among clinical practitioners. This study presents a comprehensive review of published works associated with textiles-based complementary therapies for AD treatment such as wet-wrap dressing, functionalized textiles, and the application of hydrogel techniques in the textile industry to provide a better understanding of the development and design of new textiles-based transdermal therapies. Full article
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Fabrication of Photovoltaic Textiles
by Robert R. Mather and John I. B. Wilson
Coatings 2017, 7(5), 63; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings7050063 - 29 Apr 2017
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Solar photovoltaic (PV) arrays are providing an increasing fraction of global electrical demand, with an accelerating rate of new installations. Most of these employ conventional glass-fronted panels, but this type of PV array does not satisfy applications that require a light-weight, flexible PV [...] Read more.
Solar photovoltaic (PV) arrays are providing an increasing fraction of global electrical demand, with an accelerating rate of new installations. Most of these employ conventional glass-fronted panels, but this type of PV array does not satisfy applications that require a light-weight, flexible PV generator. An option discussed in this article is to consider textiles for such solar cell substrates. As explained in this review, combining the choice of PV cell type with the choice of textile offers alternative structures for flexible PV cells. In particular, the relative advantages and disadvantages are contrasted, either forming PV-coated fibres into a fabric, or coating an already formed fabric with the PV materials. It is shown that combining thin-film amorphous silicon PV technology and woven polyester fabric offers one solution to realizing flexible fabric PV cells, using well-understood coating methods from the textile and semiconductor industries. Finally a few applications are presented that are addressed by this approach. Full article
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