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Novel Coatings for Smart Textile Fabrics for Enhanced Functions

A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Thin Films".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2021) | Viewed by 8205

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Prof. Dr. Nour F. Attia

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Department of Energy Engineering, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology (GNTECH), Jinju 52725, Republic of Korea Fire Protection Laboratory, Chemistry Division, National Institute for Standards, 136, Giza 12211, Egypt
Interests: Nanocoatings; Flame Retardants; Smart Textiles; Nanomaterials; Energy Storage
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Dear Colleagues,

Textile materials constitute a majority of various products because of their unique mechanical properties, which are involved in various applications. However, because of the recent demand for the comfortability of the textile consumer, various smart functions have to be included in the textile fabrics in order to convert them to smart textiles, such as those with flame retardancy, antibacterial, hydrophobicity, and thermal stability properties. This is in addition to the electrical conductivity and UV protection properties. To this end, textile fabrics have to be treated through coating technology, with smart coating nanocomposites composed from various nanomaterial types (nanoparticles, nanofibers, nanotubes, and graphene) and soft organic moieties (binder, biopolymer, etc.) in order to achieve the required smart functions.

This scope of this Special Issue will serve as a forum for papers in the following concepts:

  • Novel flame retardant and thermal stability coating textile fabrics;
  • Antibacterial textile fabrics coatings;
  • Hybrid textile fabrics coatings for enhanced self-cleaning properties;
  • Electronic textiles coated with metal nanowires for solar energy applications;
  • Electrical-conductive textile fabrics and their sensor applications;
  • Hydrophobic and hydrophilic textile fabrics;
  • UV protective textile fabrics;
  • Effect of different coatings of technology of textile performance;
  • Medical textile coatings.

Prof. Dr. Nour F. Attia
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Smart textiles
  • Nanomaterials
  • Coatings
  • Nanocomposites

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Facile Route for Synthesis of Novel Flame Retardant, Reinforcement and Antibacterial Textile Fabrics Coatings
by Nour F. Attia, Mohamed H. Soliman and Sahar S. El-Sakka
Coatings 2020, 10(6), 576; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings10060576 - 19 Jun 2020
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New and innovative textile fabrics coatings were facilely developed. The coating was developed based on synthesis of novel charring and antibacterial organic agent in conjunction with chitosan. N-[2,3-dibromo-4-(4-methoxy-3-methylphenyl)-4-oxobutanoyl]anthranilic acid was synthesized as organic antibacterial, reinforcement, and charring agent (OA) and then, dispersed [...] Read more.
New and innovative textile fabrics coatings were facilely developed. The coating was developed based on synthesis of novel charring and antibacterial organic agent in conjunction with chitosan. N-[2,3-dibromo-4-(4-methoxy-3-methylphenyl)-4-oxobutanoyl]anthranilic acid was synthesized as organic antibacterial, reinforcement, and charring agent (OA) and then, dispersed in chitosan solution followed by coating on textile fabrics using immersion route forming new flame retardant coating layer. The developed organic molecule structure was elucidated using spectroscopic techniques. The mass loadings of developed organic agent dispersed in chitosan solution were varied between 20–60 wt.%. The coated textile fabrics have special surface morphology of fiber shape aligned on textile fibers surface. The thermal stability and charring residues of the coated textile fabrics were enhanced when compared to blank and organic agent free coated samples. Furthermore, the flammability properties were evaluated using LOI (limiting oxygen index) and UL94 tests. Therefore, the coated textile fabrics record significant enhancement in flame retardancy achieving first class flame retardant textile of zero mm/min rate of burning and 23.8% of LOI value compared to 118 mm/min. rate of burning and 18.2% for blank textile, respectively. The tensile strength of the coated textile fabrics was enhanced, achieving 51% improvement as compared to blank sample. Additionally, the developed coating layer significantly inhibited the bacterial growth, recording 18 mm of clear inhibition zone for coated sample when compared to zero for blank and chitosan coated ones. Full article
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Studies of Polylactic Acid and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles-Based Composites for Multifunctional Textile Prints
by Meram S. Abdelrahman, Sahar H. Nassar, Hamada Mashaly, Safia Mahmoud, Dalia Maamoun, Mohamed El-Sakhawy, Tawfik A. Khattab and Samir Kamel
Coatings 2020, 10(1), 58; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings10010058 - 09 Jan 2020
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A novel approach toward the production of multifunctional printed technical textiles is reported. Three different metal oxides nanoparticles including titanium dioxide, magnesium oxide, and zinc oxide were prepared and characterized. Both natural wool and synthetic acrylic fibers were pretreated with the prepared metal [...] Read more.
A novel approach toward the production of multifunctional printed technical textiles is reported. Three different metal oxides nanoparticles including titanium dioxide, magnesium oxide, and zinc oxide were prepared and characterized. Both natural wool and synthetic acrylic fibers were pretreated with the prepared metal oxide nanoparticles followed by printing using polylactic acid based paste containing acid or basic dyestuffs. Another route was applied via post-treatment of the targeted fabrics with the metal oxide nanoparticles after running the printing process. The color strength (K/S) and colorfastness properties of pretreated and post-treated printed fabrics were evaluated and compared with untreated printed fabrics. The presence of nanoparticles on a fabric surface during the coating process was found to significantly increase the color strength value of the coated textile substrates. The increased K/S value depended mainly on the nature and concentration of the applied metal oxide, as well as the nature of colorant and fabric. In addition, the applied metal oxide nanoparticles imparted the printed fabrics with good antibacterial activity, high ultraviolet protection, photocatalytic self-cleaning, and improved colorfastness properties. Those results suggest that the applied metal oxide-based nanoparticles could introduce ideal multifunctional prints for garments. Full article
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