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Enhanced wettability and moisture retention of cotton fabrics coated with self-suspended chitosan derivative

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From the industrial viewpoint, it would be desirable to use neutral aqueous solution when applying chitosan coatings for textile treatment. However, in most cases, chitosan only dissolves in acid solvents. In this work, a self-suspended chitosan derivative with liquid-like behavior was prepared by decorating chitosan with a quaternary ammonium salt followed by ion exchange with nonylphenol polyoxyethylene ether sodium sulfate (NPES). The chitosan derivative with higher NPES content dissolved in neutral aqueous solution, and even exhibited liquid-like viscous behavior without water at room temperature. The morphology, structure, composition, and rheological behavior of the chitosan derivative were systematically characterized using various methods. It was found that incorporation of NPES into the chitosan structure could greatly enhance its dispersion, while the modulus and viscosity of the derivative gradually decreased with increasing temperature. Moreover, the novel chitosan derivative not only directly coated cotton fabric via hydrogen-bonding interaction without removing water but also improved the long-term wettability and moisture retention because of the dual-layer ion structure of the chitosan derivative. The results showed that cotton fabrics coated with such chitosan derivatives could be developed as wound dressing materials in future work.

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Acknowledgments

This work was partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51403113, 51403165), Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province (ZRMS2 0180016), Open Project Program of High-Tech Organic Fibers Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province (PLN2016-02), Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scientists of Shandong Province (BS2014CL007), Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China and Shandong Province (2016T90610, 2015M571994, and 201501007), and Project of Shandong Province Higher Educational Science and Technology Program (J14LA19). Prof. Yajun Cai from Wuhan University is thanked for help with antibacterial test.

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  1. College of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technology, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430073, PR China

    Xianze Yin, Puxin Weng, Dongzhi Chen, Yinshan Zhou, Shi Li & Luoxin Wang

  2. Collaborative Innovation Center for Marine Biomass Fibers, Materials and Textiles of Shandong Province, College of Material Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, PR China

    Yeqiang Tan

  3. Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA

    Lu Han

  4. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, USA

    Jiacheng Liu

  5. High-Tech Organic Fibers Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Textile Science Research Institute, Chengdu, 610072, PR China

    Hua Wang

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Yin, X., Weng, P., Han, L. et al. Enhanced wettability and moisture retention of cotton fabrics coated with self-suspended chitosan derivative. Cellulose 25, 2721–2732 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-018-1707-5

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