Self-cleaning cotton

Kaihong Qi; Walid A. Daoud; John Haozhong Xin; Chee Leung Mak; Waisze Tang; W. P. Cheung

doi:10.1039/b610861j

Self-cleaning cotton

Kaihong Qi, Walid A. Daoud, John Haozhong Xin, Chee Leung Mak, Waisze Tang, W. P. Cheung

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Abstract

Nanocrystalline titanium dioxide has been prepared under ambient pressure and at temperatures close to or approaching room temperature using hydrolysis of titanium tetraisopropoxide in an acidic aqueous solution. A transparent thin layer of nanocrystalline titania has been produced on cotton textiles by a dip-pad-dry-cure process. These TiO2coated cotton textiles possess significant photocatalytic self-cleaning properties, such as bactericidal activity, colorant stain decomposition and degradation of red wine and coffee stains. The UV absorption and tearing strength of the TiO2coated cotton has also been studied. Self-cleaning cotton may find potential commercialization in the textile industry.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4567-4574
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Materials Chemistry
Volume	16
Issue number	47
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/b610861j
Publication status	Published - 5 Dec 2006

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