Improvement properties of nylon fabric by corona pre-treatment and nano coating

Abstract

This article tries to represent a supplemental method based on surface modification in order to optimizing the per cent of nano cohesion to give the better performances, such as antibacterial resistance and UV-blocking characteristic (especially in nano-ZnO), which nanoparticles carry inherently. Corona treatment was used to modify the surface of Nylon 6 fabrics in Sixdifferent conditions (related to power and passages). Treated fabrics were dyed with acidic dye and imbued with nano-ZnO simultaneously and antibacterial property, dye absorption and UV-blocking characteristic of samples were investigated. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was used to observe a porous Nylon fibre consisting of nano-ZnO. By increasing the power and number of passages of the corona atmosphere in which samples were contacted with, the water absorption increased. The result demonstrated that by increasing power and passages of corona treatment, dye absorption decrease likely due to the increase of the nano-ZnO cohesion. UV blocking increased in relation with increasing power and passages of corona treating. Results from antibacterial property on samples showed that by increasing the power and passages of corona treatment, the fabrics became more resistance to Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli bacteria.

Keywords:

• naylon fabric
• corona pre-treatment
• nanocoating

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