Strongly Hydrophobic and Superoleophilic PMMA Based Nanocoated Cotton Fabrics
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Synthesis of PMMA Nanoparticles
2.3. Pre-Treatment of Cotton Fabric
2.4. Fabrication of Hydrophobic Cotton Fabric
2.5. Characterization
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Effect of Reaction Time and Size of PMMA Nanoparticles
3.2. Surface Morphology
3.3. FTIR Spectra
3.4. Tensile Strength
3.5. Hydrophobicity
3.6. XPS Analysis
3.7. Oil–Water Separation and Absorption Property
3.8. The Oil Sorption Capacity of Pristine and Modified Cotton Fabric for Various Oils
3.9. The Separation Efficiency of Modified Cotton Fabric
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample | Breaking Force (N) | Breaking Elongation (%) |
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Pristine Fabric | 562 ± 20 | 16 ± 2 |
Modified Fabric | 546 ± 18 | 19 ± 1 |
Element | Atomic (%) | BE(eV) | ||
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Pristine | Modified | Pristine | Modified | |
O1s | 59.61 | 22.24 | 533.15 | 532.26 |
C1s | 38.82 | 74.76 | 286.66 | 284.98 |
N1s | 1.57 | 3.00 | 401.6 | 399.29 |
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Wang, H.; Kumar, R.; Memon, H. Strongly Hydrophobic and Superoleophilic PMMA Based Nanocoated Cotton Fabrics. Coatings 2020, 10, 943. https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings10100943
Wang H, Kumar R, Memon H. Strongly Hydrophobic and Superoleophilic PMMA Based Nanocoated Cotton Fabrics. Coatings. 2020; 10(10):943. https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings10100943
Chicago/Turabian StyleWang, Hua, Rajnesh Kumar, and Hafeezullah Memon. 2020. "Strongly Hydrophobic and Superoleophilic PMMA Based Nanocoated Cotton Fabrics" Coatings 10, no. 10: 943. https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings10100943