Multifunctional, Waterproof, and Breathable Nanofibrous Textiles Based on Fluorine-Free, All-Water-Based Coatings

Developing environmentally benign, multifunctional waterproof and breathable membranes (WBMs) is of great importance but still faces enormous challenges. Here, an environmentally benign fluorine-free, ultraviolet (UV) blocking, and antibacterial WBM with a high level of waterproofness and breathability is developed on a large scale by combining electrospinning and step-by-step surface coating technology. Fluorine-free water-based alkylacrylates with long hydrocarbon chains were coated onto polyamide 6 fibrous membranes to construct robust hydrophobic surfaces. The subsequent titanium dioxide nanoparticle emulsion coating prominently decreased the maximum pore size, leading to higher water resistance, endowing the membranes with efficient UV-resistant and antibacterial properties. The resulting fibrous membranes possessed excellent waterproofness of 106.2 kPa, exceptional breathability of 10.3 kg m-2 d-1, a significant UV protection factor of 430.5, together with a definite bactericidal efficiency of 99.9%. We expect that this methodology for construction of environmentally benign and multifunctional WBMs will shed light on the material design, and the prepared membranes could implement their promising applications in covering materials, outdoor equipment, protective clothing, and high-altitude garments.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

ACS applied materials & interfaces - 12(2020), 13 vom: 01. Apr., Seite 15911-15918

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhao, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xianfeng [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Yuanqiang [VerfasserIn]
He, Peiwen [VerfasserIn]
Si, Yang [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Lifang [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Jianyong [VerfasserIn]
Ding, Bin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

All-water-based coating
Fibrous membranes
Fluorine-free
Journal Article
Multifunctional textiles
Waterproof and breathable

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Date Revised 02.04.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acsami.0c00846

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM307301826