TY - JOUR
AU1 - Basuoni, Amira
AU2 - El-Sayed, Hosam
AB - The accumulation of electrostatic charges on textile fibers, particularly in low- or non-humid atmospheres, is hard to dissipate, causing bad sensations as well as sparks that can initiate fires. In this study, multifunctional, acid- and basic-dyeable acrylic fabrics were developed using eco-friendly reagents, namely the amino acid cysteine and the biopolymer gelatin or sericin. Adopting the exhaustion method, alkali-hydrolyzed cysteine-treated acrylic fabrics were post-treated with different amounts of sericin or gelatin for various reaction durations at different temperatures. Post-treatment of acrylic fabrics with the aforementioned biopolymers was also carried out by the pad-dry-cure method. The treated fabrics showed anti-static and hygroscopic properties, enhanced dyeability towards cationic dyes, and induced affinity for anionic dyes. The effects of treating acrylic fabrics with the cysteine/biopolymer system on some of their inherent properties were monitored. The results revealed that the proposed method is an additive method without deterioration of the fiber’s strength or comfortability. The developed process was found to be durable to washing for up to 20 washing cycles in terms of the fabric’s wettability and anti-static property. The mechanism of the reaction of acrylic fabric with cysteine and the biopolymer was proposed and confirmed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and the fabric’s carboxylic contents. The surface coating of the fibers with sericin or gelatin was confirmed using scanning electron microscopy.
TI - Developing durable anti-static hydrophilic acrylic fabrics with improved dyeability with cationic and anionic dyes
JF - Emergent Materials
DO - 10.1007/s42247-023-00525-9
DA - 2023-08-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/developing-durable-anti-static-hydrophilic-acrylic-fabrics-with-RbLxEYrio0
SP - 1339
EP - 1350
VL - 6
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -