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Research article - Peer-reviewed, 2014

The sol-gel synthesis of cotton/TiO2 composites and their antibacterial properties

Galkina, Olga; Sycheva, A.; Blagodatskiy, A.; Kaptay, G.; Katanaev, V. L.; Seisenbaeva, Gulaim; Kessler, Vadim; Agafonov, A.V.

Abstract

Present work is devoted to investigation of structure and functional properties of hybrid nanomaterials based on the TiO2-modified cellulose fibers of cotton. The titania hydrosol was successfully prepared using the titanium tetraisopropoxide as precursor and the nitric acid as peptizing agent via the low-temperature sol-gel synthesis in aqueous medium and applied to cotton fabric. For cross-linking of titania nanoparticles to cotton the 1,2,3,4-butanetetracarboxylic acid (BTCA) was used as a spacer. The morphology and composition of the surface pure and TiO2 modified cotton fibers were investigated by the scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The cotton/TiO2 composite was characterized by the dielectric permittivity. For the estimation of total titania concentration, all samples were calcined at 650 degrees C The antimicrobial activity of the treated TiO2 cotton fibers was investigated against Escherichia coli as a model Gram-negative bacteria after exposure to UV-irradiation for 10 min. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Keywords

Titania; Cellulose; Cross-linking agent; Modification; Antibacterial activity; Washing durability

Published in

Surface and Coatings Technology
2014, volume: 253, pages: 171-179
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA

Authors' information

Galkina, Olga
Russian Academy of Sciences
Galkina, Olga
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Chemistry
Sycheva, A.
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Blagodatskiy, A.
Russian Academy of Sciences
Kaptay, G.
University of Miskolc
Katanaev, V. L.
University of Lausanne
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Chemistry
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Chemistry
Agafonov, A.V.
Russian Academy of Sciences

UKÄ Subject classification

Other Physics Topics
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Microbiology
Inorganic Chemistry
Materials Chemistry

Publication Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2014.05.033

URI (permanent link to this page)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/60372