Facile Fabrication of Multifunctional Hybrid Silk Fabrics with Controllable Surface Wettability and Laundering Durability

Fengxiang Chen, Huiyu Yang, Xin Liu, Dongzhi Chen, Xingfang Xiao, Keshuai Liu, Jing Li, Fan Cheng, Binhai Dong, Yingshan Zhou, Zhiguang Guo, Yong Qin, Shimin Wang, Weilin Xu

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Abstract

To obtain a hydrophobic surface, TiO2 coatings are deposited on the surface of silk fabric using atomic layer deposition (ALD) to realize a hierarchical roughness structure. The surface morphology and topography, structure, and wettability properties of bare silk fabric and TiO2-coated silk fabrics thus prepared are evaluated using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), scanning probe microscope (SPM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), static water contact angles (WCAs), and roll-off angles, respectively. The surfaces of the silk fabrics with the TiO2 coatings exhibit higher surface roughnesses compared with those of the bare silk fabric. Importantly, the hydrophobic and laundering durability properties of the TiO2-coated silk fabrics are largely improved by increasing the thickness of the ALD TiO2 coating. Meanwhile, the ALD process has a litter effect on the service performance of silk fabric. Overall, TiO2 coating using an ALD process is recognized as a promising approach to produce hydrophobic surfaces for elastic materials.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5653-5660
Number of pages8
JournalACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Volume8
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Mar 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • TiO
  • atomic layer deposition
  • durable
  • hydrophobic
  • service performance

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