Abstract
The nanomaterials' utilization for the development of multifunctional textiles is offering enormous commercial potential. At one end, conventional materials can be upgraded by nanoparticles' (NPs) application while on the other, entirely different products with totally new multifunctional attributes can be fabricated. Although, nanoengineered products have the potential to modernize industry, but, the immobilization of NPs onto textiles is a difficult task. Though different research efforts have improved the durability of NPs, however, the adequate affinity of NPs have not yet been achieved. For maximum attachment of TiO2 NPs with the textile surface their cationization with trimethyl[3-trimethoxysilyl)propyl]ammonium chloride, afterward, application on cotton fabric by pad-dry-cure method was done. The cationized TiO2 nanoparticles were characterized by FTIR, TGA and zeta potential. The chemical composition of treated cotton fabric's surface was assessed by FTIR and XPS. While surface morphology and topography were examined by SEM and AFM. The treatment imparted antibacterial activity, chemical self-cleaning, and UV protection to fabric without any significant impact on comfort properties (assessed by KAWABATA evaluation system). Nearly the same results after 20 industrial washing cycles confirmed the durable performance of textile. The One-Way ANOVA; Tukey's honest significance test was used for statistical evaluation of obtained results by using Minitab 18® software.
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