| Fabrication of corn silk /ZnO nanocomposites on polyester with multifunction properties |
| Paper ID : 1413-UFGNSM-FULL (R1) |
| Authors: |
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atefeh amani *1, Majid Montazer2 1tehran no,hafez street, number150 2Faculty of Textile engineering department of Amir Kabir University of technology (AUT) |
| Abstract: |
| Corn silk has protein and cellulose structure with high medicinal value that is one of the agricultural waste in the world available abundantly. Considering the few studies on this field, performing research regarding corn silk seems to be useful. In this study, corn silk is prepared and dried under sunlight and then ground isolated to one millimeter sieve. The powder corn silk was dispersed to the homogeneous solution by using sodium hydroxide and urea at boil. Cetyl trimethylammoniumbromide (CTAB) as stabilizer for nanoparticles and catalyst for alkali hydrolysis of polyester and zinc acetate as precursor were added to the solution and finally the polyester fabric was placed in the solution boiled for 1 h. The treated fabrics were then dried in oven at 70 °C. The treated fabrics were tested for evaluation of the color and vertical wicking properties. The results showed that water absorption of the obtained fabric increased significantly confirmed the hydrogel properties. Also, the treated fabrics showed the antibacterial properties. The samples were further characterized by field emission scanning electron microscopy (SEM). |
| Keywords: |
| Corn silk; Hydrogel; ZnO Nanoparticles; Polyester Fabric |
| Status : Paper Accepted (Poster Presentation) |
