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Multifunctional properties of sonochemically in-situ synthesized and incorporated ZnO/ZnO–SiO2 nanomaterials in cotton fabric

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Zinc oxide (ZnO) and zinc oxide-silicon dioxide (ZnO-SiO2) nanomaterials were successfully incorporated into cotton fabric yarn using a single step sonochemical method in aqueous medium. The resulting cotton fabrics were evaluated for the ultraviolet (UV) blocking properties using ultraviolet-diffused reflectance spectroscopy (UV-DRS), wetting studies measured by contact angle, and flammability test by vertical flame test (VFT) method. The hydrodynamic diameter of the incorporated nanomaterials was in the range of 30–600 nm. 1, 2, 3, 4-butanetetracarboxylic acid (BTCA) was used as a cross-linking agent between the free -OH groups of the cotton fabric yarns. The results of ZnO-SiO2 incorporated cotton fabric exhibited 8.8% enhancement in UV-B blocking, wettability of 124.5° and flame time of 9 ± 1 s as compared to control cotton fabric. The UV blocking by ZnO-SiO2 incorporated cotton fabric was retained even after 10 washing cycles. The study highlights a single step method for the  simultaneous in-situ synthesis and incorporation nanomaterials in cotton fabrics sonochemically as an  alternative method for enhanced multifunctionality.

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Thankful to Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj, Research, Training and Human Development Institute (SARTHI), Pune, for providing SRF. The authors would like to acknowledge RUSA (Centre for Nano fabrics) for financial support and also thankful to Sophisticated Analytical Instrument Facilities (SAIF) in Common Facility Centre (CFC) of Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, for providing XRD, FTIR, TGA, and AFM facility accessed through I-STEM (Indian Science, Technology, and Engineering facilities Map) portal, supported by the office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Govt. of India.

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    Pranita Magadum, Abhishek Chavan & Kiran Kumar K. Sharma

  2. Department of Chemistry, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, 416004, India

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Pranita Magadum: Experimental, data analysis, data interpretation, writing original data, and visualization. Abhishek Chavan: Data analysis and data writing. Kiran Kumar Sharma: Supervision, Conceptualization, methodology, project administrations, and funding acquisition. Shivaji Tayade: Editing and investigations. Ajit Kamble: Data investigation. All authors discussed and wrote the manuscript for final communication.

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Magadum, P., Chavan, A., Tayade, S. et al. Multifunctional properties of sonochemically in-situ synthesized and incorporated ZnO/ZnO–SiO2 nanomaterials in cotton fabric. Chem. Pap. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11696-024-03390-w

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