UV Protection and Antibacterial Properties of Knitted Poly(Lactic Acid) Fabric Coated with Nano-ZnO

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10.2991/aeece-15.2015.156How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Poly(lactic acid); Fabric; Nano-ZnO; UV protection; Antibacterial activity.

Abstract

Nano-ZnO was successfully synthesized by a sol-gel method with an average size of 26.1 nm. The nano-ZnO was applied to coat the knitted poly(lactic acid) (PLA) fabric with or without further coating using a polyacrylate binder, and the UV protection ability and antibacterial activity of the coated fabric were determined. The results showed that coating with nano-ZnO alone was not able to impart good UV protection ability and antibacterial activity to the fabric, indicating the poor affinity of nano-ZnO to PLA fiber. The nano-ZnO sol coating followed by binder coating was able to give very high UV protection factor (38.3) and antibacterial activity (98.5%). The adhesive force of the binder contributed to the increased fixation of nano-ZnO on the fabric. In addition, the initial dosage of the binder had no significant impact on the UV protection ability of the fabric.

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Jianyi Huang
AU  - Kaiqiang Liu
AU  - Jinping Guan
AU  - Rencheng Tang
PY  - 2015/09
DA  - 2015/09
TI  - UV Protection and Antibacterial Properties of Knitted Poly(Lactic Acid) Fabric Coated with Nano-ZnO
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Energy, Environment and Chemical Engineering
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 765
EP  - 768
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aeece-15.2015.156
DO  - 10.2991/aeece-15.2015.156
ID  - Huang2015/09
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