Microwave and Nanotechnology Advanced Solutions to Improve Ecofriendly Cotton's Coloration and Performance Properties | ||||
Egyptian Journal of Chemistry | ||||
Article 10, Volume 61, Issue 3, May and June 2018, Page 493-502 PDF (1.01 MB) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/ejchem.2018.2927.1270 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Tarek Abou Elmaaty 1; Eman Abdelaziz2; Dalia Nasser3; Khaled Abdelfattah4; Sherif Elkadi 5; Khaled Ibrahim El-Nagar 6 | ||||
1textile printing, dyeing & finishing/Faculty od Applied arts/Damietta Univ | ||||
2Benha University department of textile printing, dyeing and finishing | ||||
3instructor department of textile printing, dyeing and finishing | ||||
4Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University, Egypt. | ||||
5Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University, Egypt. | ||||
6National Institute for standards | ||||
Abstract | ||||
This research aims to utilize microwave energy and nano technology to improve the printability and performance of cotton prints via screen printing technique. Each cotton sample was individually pre-treated by microwave power ranged from 300 to 700 watts and for a period ranged from 1 to 9 min. Afterwards the optimum sample was printed by printing paste containing Remazol™ reactive dye and silver nanoparticles (Ag-NPs) with different concentrations. The printed samples were fixed using microwave energy then were subjected to steaming or thermo-fixation. The obtained results clarified that, the prints obtained using microwave and Ag-NPs were found to have better color strength, fastness properties, antibacterial behavior and surface morphology when they were compared to the conventional techniques using thermo-fixation and steaming. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
microwave; Nanotechnology; printing; Cotton; silver nanoparticles; antimicrobial textiles | ||||
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