Journal
CELLULOSE
Volume 21, Issue 1, Pages 595-605Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-013-0103-4
Keywords
Cotton fabric; Hybrid inorganic-organic coating; Lotus effect; Water and oil repellency; Flame retardancy; Thermal stability
Funding
- Slovenian Research Agency [P2-0213, J2-2223]
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This research aimed to create multifunctional cellulose fibres with water- and oil-repellent, self-cleaning, and flame retardant properties. A sol mixture of fluoroalkyl-functional siloxane, organophosphonate and methylol melamine resin was applied to cotton fabric by the pad-dry-cure method. Successful coating was verified by atomic force microscopy and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The functional properties of the coated fibres were investigated using the static contact angles of water and n-hexadecane, the water sliding angles, the vertical test of flammability, the limiting oxygen index, and simultaneous thermal analysis. The results reveal that a homogeneous composite inorganic-organic polymer film formed on the cotton fabric surface exhibited the following properties: static contact angle of water of 150A degrees and of n-hexadecane of 128A degrees, water sliding angle of 10A degrees, limiting oxygen index of 34 %, and high thermal stability. These results demonstrate the synergistic activity of the compounds in the coating, which resulted in the creation of a lotus effect on the fabric surface as well as excellent flame retardancy and thermal stability.
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