Zinc oxide application in the textile industry: surface tailoring and water barrier attributes as parameters with direct implication in comfort performance

The present study focuses on surface tailoring and water barrier attributes of zinc oxide (ZnO)-polyester composite textile materials. The surface properties, such as surface topography and roughness, composite compositions as well as thermal stability of ZnO-100% polyester textile composite materia...

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Published inTextile research journal Vol. 83; no. 20; pp. 2142 - 2151
Main Authors Rimbu, Cristina, Vrinceanu, Narcisa, Broasca, Gianina, Farima, Daniela, Ciocoiu, Mihai, Campagne, Cristine, Suchea, Mirela Petruta, Nistor, Alexandra
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.12.2013
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects
Polyesters
Studies
Textiles
Zinc oxides
Romania
padding
superhydrophobicity
Polyester
wettability
water barrier
zinc oxide
comfort
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Summary:The present study focuses on surface tailoring and water barrier attributes of zinc oxide (ZnO)-polyester composite textile materials. The surface properties, such as surface topography and roughness, composite compositions as well as thermal stability of ZnO-100% polyester textile composite materials treated through a padding process with different concentrations of ZnO dispersions as active agent in water and methanol were studied. The results show that 3% ZnO-textile composite material have enhanced water barrier properties compared with the other compositions; a fact which promises improved properties in terms of comfort. ZnO modification of polyester surfaces leads to a dramatic decrease in their thermal stability.
ISSN:0040-5175
1746-7748
DOI:10.1177/0040517513478460