Cotton fabric with plasma pretreatment and ZnO/Carboxymethyl chitosan composite finishing for durable UV resistance and antibacterial property

Nanocomposite and biodegradable polymers applied to technical textiles

“…In this sense, Wang et al [74] developed a novel method combining plasma treatment and finishing with a ZnO/carboxymethyl chitosan compound to obtain cotton fabric with UV protection and antibacterial activity. A similar study with corona discharge plasma was carried out by Alay and collaborators [75] using fluorocarbon as a finish, which generated high hydrophobicity for application in water-repellent textiles.…”

A review of antimicrobial fabric containing nanostructures metal‐based compound

“…ZnO also can be utilized in ointments, lotions, and sunscreens to protect skin from UV illumination due to it serves as the broadest spectrum UVA (315–400 nm) and UVB (280–315 nm) reflector . Recently, there are numerous studies investigating the use of ZnO NPs as antibacterial agent on diverse fields such as food , textile , and biomedical applications . Devanand Venkatasubbu et al have applied ZnO on food pathogens namely, Salmonella typhi , Klebsiella pneumoniae , and Shigella flexneri for investigating its antibacterial performance .…”

“…ZnO is susceptible to agglomerate in water due to high polarity of water leading to deposition . Thus, ZnO has been incorporated with many capping agents on synthesis of ZnO nanocomposite coated on textile such as multiamide compound , sulfated β‐cyclodextrin , hexamethyltriethyylene tetramine , chitosan , acacia , PVP , silica , Tragacanth gum , cellulose , polymer diallyl dimethyl ammonium chloride‐allyl glycidyl ether‐methacrylic , polystyrene‐ block ‐poly(acrylic acid) , hydrogel , and sodium alginate .…”

“…There are several ZnO NPs coating techniques studied such as pad‐dry‐cure , spraying and dipping hydrothermal , sonochemical , plasma treatment , and pulse laser ablation . Table shows the summary of ZnO NPs‐coated textile and its antibacterial effects.…”

“…Plasma pretreatment for coating ZnO NPs on textile to impart antibacterial property has been investigated by Wang et al The cotton was pretreated by cold oxygen plasma and the ZnO/chitosan nanocomposite was coated on treated cotton via facile pad‐dry‐cure method. There was a significant enhancement of UV resistance and antibacterial activity of the modified cotton fabric . Svetlichnyi et al have proposed to apply pulsed laser ablation for synthesis ZnO NPs in the stable dispersion form under two different types of system namely, water and ethanol.…”