One Step In-Situ Synthesis of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles for Multifunctional Cotton Fabrics

• Published in: Materials Vol. 14; no. 14; p. 3956
• Main Authors: Javed, Asif, Wiener, Jakub, Tamulevičienė, Asta, Tamulevičius, Tomas, Lazauskas, Algirdas, Saskova, Jana, Račkauskas, Simas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 15-07-2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Acids; Adsorption; Catalytic activity; Cellulose; Composite materials; Cotton; Cotton fabrics; Emission analysis; Fabrics; Fourier transforms; Inductively coupled plasma; Infrared spectroscopy; Metal oxides; Morphology; Nanoparticles; Nitrates; Particle size; Sodium hydroxide; Textile fibers; Textile industry; Wurtzite; X ray powder diffraction; Zinc oxide; Zinc oxides; United States > US; Czech Republic
• ISSN: 1996-1944; 1996-1944
• DOI: 10.3390/ma14143956

Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) have acquired great significance in the textile sector due to their impressive efficiency and multifold utilization, such as antimicrobials, UV protection, photo catalytic activity, and self-cleaning. The aim of this work is in-situ growth of ZnO NPs on 100% cotton fabrics with the one-step hydrothermal method for preparation of multifunctional textile with UV protecting, antibacterial, and photo catalytic properties. Sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and Zinc nitrate hexahydrate [Zn(NO3)2·6H2O] were used as reactants for the growth of zinc oxide on the 100% cotton fabrics. The loaded amount of Zn contents on the cotton fabric was determined by using induced coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES). The surface morphological characterization of deposited ZnO NPs was examined, employing scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) and, Fourier- transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The characterization results showed the presence of ZnO NPs on cotton fabrics having hexagonal wurtzite crystalline structure. The synthesized ZnO NPs on fabrics exhibited promising results for antibacterial, UV protection, and photo catalytic performance.