Influence of nano titanium dioxide finish, prepared by sol-gel technique, on the ultraviolet protection, antimicrobial, and self-cleaning characteristics of cotton fabrics

Journal of Industrial Textiles

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 259-277

  Sundaresan, K ^a   Sivakumar, A ^a   Vigneswaran, C ^b   Ramachandran, T ^c  

^a PSG Medical College   (India)

^b PSG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c KARPAGAM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

antimicrobial activity; pad dry cure; self cleaning activity; titanium iso propoxide; ultraviolet protection factor

Indexed keywords

ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ETHANOL MEDIUM; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; ISO-PROPOXIDE; NANO-TIO; NANO-TITANIUM DIOXIDE; PAD-DRY-CURE; PAD-DRY-CURE METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYZERS; SOL-GEL TECHNIQUE; TIO; ULTRA-VIOLET; ULTRAVIOLET PROTECTION; ULTRAVIOLET PROTECTION FACTORS; UV-PROTECTION; WASH FASTNESS; X-RAY POWDER DIFFRACTOMETRY; XRD;

CLEANING; COTTON; COTTON FABRICS; CURING; DRYING; ETHANOL; GELS; MICROORGANISMS; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLS; TITANIUM;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 83755228798     PISSN: 15280837     EISSN: 15308057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1528083711414962     Document Type: Article

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