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REZUMAT – ABSTRACT
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In this sense, ZnO is a multifunctional material that chemical products were used as received. The water
has high luminous transmittance and piezoelectric was purified by reverse osmosis method.
properties, high chemical stability and suitability to Two kinds of pre-treated textile fabrics were used for
doping, good electro-optical characteristics, excellent in-situ coating process. The cotton sample with area
substrate adherence and hardness, non-toxicity and mass of 175 g/m2 was knitted with 100% cotton
low cost [16]. In addition ZnO particles have been yarns, and it was single jersey plain knitted fabric.
used for antibacterial and UV-blocking properties in The polyester sample with area mass of 175 g/m2
textile [17] – [19]. was woven with 100% multi filament polyester yarns,
The ZnO particles on a material can be obtained by and it was 4/1 gabardine woven fabric. The desizing,
various method such as thermal evaporation, chemi- scouring and bleaching processes were carried with
cal vapor deposition, sol-gel method, electrochemical bulk production in the textile mill.
deposition, ion beam assisted deposition, RF mag- Methods
netron sputtering deposition, spray pyrolysis and
The precursor solution was prepared by dissolving
hydrothermal deposition [20].
0.01 M of zinc nitrate hexahydrate and 0.01 M of hexa-
Among these methods, the hydrothermal method is
methylenetetramine in 100 ml deionizer water. Here,
promising for fabricating ideal material with special
HMTA was used as complexion agent. The pH of pre-
morphology because of the simple, fast, less expen-
pared starting solution was measured and fixed to
sive, low growth temperature, high yield and scalable
6.5 value.
process.
The samples (10 x 20 cm) were wrapped up around
In general, the hydrothermal method refers to any
the glass plates and horizontally immersed in the pre-
heterogeneous reaction in the presence of aqueous
pared precursor solution. The hydrothermal growth
solvents or mineralizes under high pressure and tem-
was carried out at boiling temperature of about 98°C
perature conditions in order to dissolve and recrystal-
in a sealed beaker placed on the hotplate during
lize materials which are relatively insoluble under
2 hours for the cotton samples. The experiments were
ordinary conditions [21]. carried out at 200°C in an autoclave placed on the
In the textile applications, several methods were furnace during 2 hours for polyester samples. The
reported in order to obtain ZnO particles which give working temperature was preferred above 75°C in this
UV protection, antibacterial activity or antistatic prop- study for both cotton and polyester. In the hydrother-
erties etc. to the textile surfaces [22] – [23]. As it is mal method, the crucial stage is the hydrolysis of
reported in these literatures, the adhesion between HMTA, and the working temperature is the most
the ZnO particles and polymer by a simple wet chem- effective factor on this hydrolysis. Below 75°C, the
ical method is rather poor and these particles may be rate of hydrolysis of HMTA slows down, and particles
removed from the surface easily. In terms of this expla- cannot grow on the fiber surface. Therefore, the boil-
nation, it can be said that ZnO particles obtained by ing temperature (approximately 98°C) and 200°C were
hydrothermal method has more satisfactory results chosen for cotton and polyester samples, respectively.
for coating the textile surfaces because of its mor- In addition, the cotton and polyester samples were
phological properties and high purity [22]. studied at different temperatures because of their dif-
Tanasa et. al. described the in-situ formation of ZnO ferent morphological structures. As it is mentioned
on the cellulose fibre as shown in figure 1 [22]. The from the literature, cellulosic materials have ability of
ZnO particles grow in two steps on the fibre. In the establishing chemical bonding with growth ZnO
last step, ZnO chelate complex forms under hydrother- particles (fig. 1). However, polyester fiber probably
mal treatment and forms ZnO particles-coated cellu- showed chemically inert character because of its rigid
lose based samples [22]. structure. Therefore, we needed increasing the work-
In this present paper, the zinc oxide particles were ing temperature in order to reach and pass the Tg
firstly growth and in-situ coated by hydrothermal value of polyester fiber, increase the porosity of surface
method, and then these particles on the samples
were characterized with XRD and SEM analyses.
After in-situ coating and characterizing, the antibac-
terial activity of these samples was tested. In the
experimental part, the antibacterial activity and dura-
bility of this activity against repeated washes of cot-
ton and polyester samples coated with ZnO particles
growth by hydrothermal method were investigated.
EXPERIMENTAL PART
Materials and chemicals
In this experimental study, the zinc nitrate hexa-
hydrate (Zn(NO3)2 6H2O) and hexamethylen-ete-
tramine (HMTA, C6H12N4) were purchased from Fig. 1. In-situ formation of ZnO particles on the cellulose
by hydrothermal method [22]
MERC and used for synthesis of ZnO particles. All
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and ease the penetration of ZnO particles into these 23.65 which characterized the cotton fiber for each
porous and surface. In addition, we thought that sample [22].
increase at the working temperature provided more The spectra showed well-defined peaks typical of
homogenous surface character especially for ZnO in the crystal structure of ZnO, according to
polyester fiber. PDF-2, reference code 01-079-2205. In addition, this
After in-situ treatments, the process solutions were fil- characteristic peak could be the indexed the hexago-
tered and the samples were dried at room temperature. nal Wurtzite structure of the ZnO [23]. According to
figure 2, the ZnO particles had peaks at 31.90, 34.49,
Morphological characterization 36.55, 47.44, 56.65, 62.85 and 67.95 correspond to
Antibacterial activity tests the (1 0 0), (0 0 2), (1 0 1), (1 0 2), (1 1 0), (1 0 3) and
The antibacterial activity of the samples was tested (1 1 2) planes, confirming the formation of hexagonal
according to the ASTM E2149-1 against gram-nega- zinc oxide phase on the cotton fiber.
tive Escherichia coli bacteria and gram-positive Also we compared the XRD pattern of unwashed and
Staphylococcus aureus. In addition, five repeated washed samples in order to determine the durability
washing treatments were applied to the samples in of ZnO particles on the fiber against repeated washes,
order to investigate durability of the antibacterial and the presence of peak at same position with XRD
activity against wet processes at 40°C for 30 minutes spectra of washed samples and unwashed samples
followed by drying process. can be seen in figure 2. It meant that the XRD pattern
X-ray diffractometry of washed and unwashed samples matched well with
each other, and the intensities of the diffraction peaks
The crystal structures of ZnO rod arrays before and
decreased when the samples were washed.
after washing treatments were investigated by Philips
X’Pert Pro X-ray Diffractometer (XRD) with Cu Ka The XRD patterns of coated and coated-washed
radiation (l = 1.54 Å) source (applied voltage, 40 kV; polyester samples compared with reference sample
current, 40 mA). About 0.6 g of dried samples with in figure 3. The common diffraction peak of polyester
ZnO onto a sample container, and the XRD patterns was observed at 17.35, 22.90, 25.55 as mentioned
were recorded at 2 θ with a scan rate of 2°/minute. in the literature [24]. In addition, similar peaks were
measured for ZnO particles on the polyester that of
Scanning electron microscopy
cotton samples shown in figure 2. According to the
The surface morphologies before and after washing XRD spectra given in figure 3, the typical peak of
treatments were investigated using a scanning elec- ZnO could be defined on either coated or coated-
tron microscopy (SEM – JEOL, Tokyo, Japan) which washed samples. This data was the signal of durability
was operated at 10 kV. The analyses have been per- of ZnO on the polyester fiber against repeated washes.
formed by a high vacuum working mode. The surfaces of treated samples were observed by
SEM microscopy. In figure 4 and figure 5, SEM micro-
RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
graphs show the ZnO particles on the cotton and
Morphological characterization polyester samples, respectively. According to the both
In order to characterize and show the ZnO particles figures, particles placed to the fiber surface in both
on the fibre surfaces, the XRD and SEM analysis cases, although some aggregated particles were avail-
were carried out with untreated, coated and coated- able. We could easily say that ZnO particles were more
washed cotton and polyester samples. The spectra of well dispersed and placed more homogenous on the
XRD analyses are given in figure 2 and figure 3 for polyester surface than cotton sample, because in-situ
cotton and polyester, respectively. In figure 2, the synthesis temperature of the ZnO on the polyester
XRD patterns of coated and coated-washed cotton was higher than cotton. The temperature raised the
samples were compared with reference sample and hydrolysis of the HMTA in the precursor solutions,
also shows the XRD spectra of the ZnO material on and this case improves the growing of ZnO on the
the fiber surface. We determined a dominant peak at surface.
Fig. 2. The XRD patterns of the cotton sample: Fig. 3. The XRD patterns of the polyester sample:
a – untreated sample; b – coated sample; c – coated a – untreated sample; b – coated sample; c – coated
and washed sample and washed sample
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a b c
Fig. 4. The SEM images of filtered Fig. 5. SEM images of cotton samples:
nano ZnO powder a – untreated sample; b – coated sample; c – coated and washed sample
Table 1 Table 2
THE ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF THE SAMPLES THE ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF THE SAMPLES
(Escherichia coli) (Staphylococcus aureus)
Reduction of the Reduction of the
E. coli bacteria S. aureus bacteria
Type of samples number after an Type of samples number after an
hour, % hour, %
Cotton Polyester Cotton Polyester
Untreated samples (reference) 26 15 Untreated samples (reference) 34 22
Coated samples 99.9 99.6 Coated samples 99.9 99.9
Coated samples after 5 washings 99.9 99.6 Coated samples after 5 washings 99.9 99.9
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Authors:
ONUR BALCI
BURCU SANCAR BEŞEN MUSTAFA TUTAK
Kahramanmaras Sütçü İmam University Erciyes University
Department of Textile Engineering Department of Textile Engineering
K. Maraş, Turkey Kayseri, Turkey
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