Abstract
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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