Monitoring and Optimisation of Ag Nanoparticle Spray-Coating on Textiles
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials and Process Description
- deposition velocity: 1 cm s−1;
- deposition slab temperature: 40 °C
- coated surface: 12 cm × 12 cm
- nozzle-textile distance: 9 cm
2.2. Physicochemical Characterization of AgHEC
2.3. Methods
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Physicochemical Characterization of AgHEC
3.2. Data Analysis (Inside Chamber)
3.3. Process Optimisation
3.4. Data Analysis (Outside Chamber)
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Run | Number of Transits | Pressure (Bar) | Starting/Ending Time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 3 | 1 | 11:35–11:42 |
2 | 1 | 1 | 11:56–11:57 |
3 | 1 | 1 | 12:10–12:11 |
4 | 3 | 1.5 | 12:27–12:35 |
5 | 1 | 1.5 | 12:47–12:48 |
6 | 1 | 1.5 | 13:00–13:01 |
Test | Filter Gravimetric PM | Filter SEM |
---|---|---|
1 | Filter 1 | |
2 | Filter SEM 1 | |
3 | ||
4 | Filter 2 | |
5 | Filter SEM 2 |
Ag | HEC | NaCl * | PVA ** |
---|---|---|---|
0.5 | 0.455 | 0.0755 | 0.5 |
Run | Ag-HEC Suspension Consumption (g) | Qin * (mg) | Qout (mg) | Airborne Material ** (mg) | Qlost (mg) | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 23.0 | 248.4 | 54.4 | 9.0 | 185.0 | 0.22 |
2 | 8.4 | 90.9 | 22.9 | 7.5 | 60.6 | 0.25 |
3 | 12.0 | 129.3 | 25.4 | 8.0 | 95.8 | 0.20 |
4 | 16.4 | 177.6 | 54.7 | 6.9 | 116.0 | 0.31 |
5 | 3.0 | 32.0 | 13.2 | 2.9 | 15.9 | 0.41 |
6 | 1.8 | 19.4 | 8.3 | 2.4 | 8.7 | 0.43 |
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Trabucco, S.; Ortelli, S.; Del Secco, B.; Zanoni, I.; Belosi, F.; Ravegnani, F.; Nicosia, A.; Blosi, M.; Costa, A.L. Monitoring and Optimisation of Ag Nanoparticle Spray-Coating on Textiles. Nanomaterials 2021, 11, 3165. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11123165
Trabucco S, Ortelli S, Del Secco B, Zanoni I, Belosi F, Ravegnani F, Nicosia A, Blosi M, Costa AL. Monitoring and Optimisation of Ag Nanoparticle Spray-Coating on Textiles. Nanomaterials. 2021; 11(12):3165. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11123165
Chicago/Turabian StyleTrabucco, Sara, Simona Ortelli, Benedetta Del Secco, Ilaria Zanoni, Franco Belosi, Fabrizio Ravegnani, Alessia Nicosia, Magda Blosi, and Anna Luisa Costa. 2021. "Monitoring and Optimisation of Ag Nanoparticle Spray-Coating on Textiles" Nanomaterials 11, no. 12: 3165. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11123165