Nanotechnology as a modern technique to impart both natural and synthetic fabrics anti-viral, anti-bacterial and water-repellent properties

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Benha University, Faculty of Applied Arts, Printing, Dyeing and Textile Finishing Department, Benha, Egypt

2 SPI, textile advanced laboratory, Cairo, Egypt

Abstract

Textile hanging is a crucial element in interior design, and the pandemic has highlighted the need for unique products with special properties, such as textile hangings that resist microbes. Cellulose fabric, a biopolymer found in plants, animals, minerals, algae, and fungus, is a critical raw material for various applications. Nanotechnology is rapidly growing in architecture and construction, particularly in coating surfaces for functional features like higher tensile strength, self-cleaning capacity, fire resistance, and more. Water repellent textiles are essential in various sectors, and superhydrophobic surfaces, inspired by nature's lotus surface, have gained interest in both academia and industry. Superhydrophobic textiles are created by coating nanoscale particles onto the fiber surface and then post-fluorinating it for low energy.

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Journal of Textiles, Coloration and Polymer Science
Volume 21, Issue 3 - Serial Number 3
Special Issue
December 2024
Pages 105-134

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  • Receive Date: 06 July 2024
  • Revise Date: 19 July 2024
  • Accept Date: 22 July 2024

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