Janus flame-retardant polyester fabric with one-way water transfer for fog collection: Influence of plasma duration, aluminum phosphate, and TiO2 nanoparticles
Significant efforts have been made to create Janus fabrics including designing their structure, employing electrospraying and electrospinning, and applying chemical and physical surface treatments to enhance the effective and directed transport of water. In this paper, a Janus industrial fabric with...
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| description | Significant efforts have been made to create Janus fabrics including designing their structure, employing electrospraying and electrospinning, and applying chemical and physical surface treatments to enhance the effective and directed transport of water. In this paper, a Janus industrial fabric with desirable properties such as one-way water transfer, fog collection, mechanical durability, and flame resistance was prepared. The creation of superhydrophobic surfaces on polyester fabrics involved the attachment of titanium dioxide nanoparticles (NTO) onto the fabric using aluminum phosphate (AP) adhesive and then coating with fluoroacrylate polymer (F) as a low-energy surface material. One-sided O2/Ar plasma technology was used on a superhydrophobic fabric to generate asymmetric wettability. As plasma duration rises, the depth of surface modification and oxidation intensifies. By altering the duration of plasma exposure, this fabric gained the ability to trap, transport, and collect fog. At an exposure duration of 3 min, the fabric attained one-way water transfer. The water contact angle (WCA) on the hydrophilic side was 38°, whereas the WCA on the opposing side was 120°. The fog collecting efficiency at this time was approximately 8.1 mg cm−2 min−1. FESEM and EDX confirmed the distribution and adhesion of NTO to the fabric surface with AP. AP gave the fabric great flame resistance and a limiting oxygen index (LOI) of 32.8 %. Mechanical properties were unaffected, but air permeability and the CIE whiteness index decreased. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0efe741767ae42339ab4a663964099622025-02-07T04:47:57ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402025-02-01113e42400Janus flame-retardant polyester fabric with one-way water transfer for fog collection: Influence of plasma duration, aluminum phosphate, and TiO2 nanoparticlesNajmeh Izadi0Majid Montazer1Aminoddin Haji2Textile Engineering Department, Functional Fibrous Structures & Environmental Enhancement (FFSEE), Amirkabir University of Technology (AUT), Tehran, IranTextile Engineering Department, Functional Fibrous Structures & Environmental Enhancement (FFSEE), Amirkabir University of Technology (AUT), Tehran, Iran; Corresponding author.Department of Textile Engineering, Yazd University, Yazd, IranSignificant efforts have been made to create Janus fabrics including designing their structure, employing electrospraying and electrospinning, and applying chemical and physical surface treatments to enhance the effective and directed transport of water. In this paper, a Janus industrial fabric with desirable properties such as one-way water transfer, fog collection, mechanical durability, and flame resistance was prepared. The creation of superhydrophobic surfaces on polyester fabrics involved the attachment of titanium dioxide nanoparticles (NTO) onto the fabric using aluminum phosphate (AP) adhesive and then coating with fluoroacrylate polymer (F) as a low-energy surface material. One-sided O2/Ar plasma technology was used on a superhydrophobic fabric to generate asymmetric wettability. As plasma duration rises, the depth of surface modification and oxidation intensifies. By altering the duration of plasma exposure, this fabric gained the ability to trap, transport, and collect fog. At an exposure duration of 3 min, the fabric attained one-way water transfer. The water contact angle (WCA) on the hydrophilic side was 38°, whereas the WCA on the opposing side was 120°. The fog collecting efficiency at this time was approximately 8.1 mg cm−2 min−1. FESEM and EDX confirmed the distribution and adhesion of NTO to the fabric surface with AP. AP gave the fabric great flame resistance and a limiting oxygen index (LOI) of 32.8 %. Mechanical properties were unaffected, but air permeability and the CIE whiteness index decreased.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844025007807Janus polyester fabricFog collectionFlame retardantPlasma treatmentAluminum phosphate |
| spellingShingle | Najmeh Izadi Majid Montazer Aminoddin Haji Janus flame-retardant polyester fabric with one-way water transfer for fog collection: Influence of plasma duration, aluminum phosphate, and TiO2 nanoparticles Heliyon Janus polyester fabric Fog collection Flame retardant Plasma treatment Aluminum phosphate |
| title | Janus flame-retardant polyester fabric with one-way water transfer for fog collection: Influence of plasma duration, aluminum phosphate, and TiO2 nanoparticles |
| title_full | Janus flame-retardant polyester fabric with one-way water transfer for fog collection: Influence of plasma duration, aluminum phosphate, and TiO2 nanoparticles |
| title_fullStr | Janus flame-retardant polyester fabric with one-way water transfer for fog collection: Influence of plasma duration, aluminum phosphate, and TiO2 nanoparticles |
| title_full_unstemmed | Janus flame-retardant polyester fabric with one-way water transfer for fog collection: Influence of plasma duration, aluminum phosphate, and TiO2 nanoparticles |
| title_short | Janus flame-retardant polyester fabric with one-way water transfer for fog collection: Influence of plasma duration, aluminum phosphate, and TiO2 nanoparticles |
| title_sort | janus flame retardant polyester fabric with one way water transfer for fog collection influence of plasma duration aluminum phosphate and tio2 nanoparticles |
| topic | Janus polyester fabric Fog collection Flame retardant Plasma treatment Aluminum phosphate |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844025007807 |
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