Open AccessTiO2/Cu Composite NPs Coated Polyester Fabric for the Enhancement of Antibacterial Durability
Author(s) -
S Salvia Binte Touhid,
Md. Rashidul Kabir Shawon,
Nazakat Ali Khoso,
Qingbo Xu,
Dopan Pan,
Xiangdong Liu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/774/1/012114
Subject(s) - polyester , materials science , coating , durability , nanoparticle , composite number , chemical engineering , composite material , nanotechnology , engineering
Copper nanoparticles (Cu NPs) were synthesized on a plasma treated polyester fabric having a coating of TiO 2 NPs. The fabric was treated with cold O 2 plasma first to enhance the surface affinity for TiO 2 NPs, then coated with TiO 2 NPs via a heat pressing, and finally synthesize Cu NPs on the complex surface using a dip-coating process. The resulting fabric shows an excellent antibacterial effect and outstanding laundering durability, as it has satisfactory bacterial reduction performance against S. aureus and E. coli higher than 98% and behaves stable even after 50 washing cycles. This methodology for preparing antibacterial polyester fabric maybe of high potential applications in cosmetic and medical textiles.