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Coatings with metallic effect pigments for antimicrobial and conductive coating of textiles with electromagnetic shielding properties

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Effect pigments were originally developed to realize advanced optical effects by coating on several types of material surfaces. However, metallic effect pigments are expected to be valuable for many other applications, such as antimicrobial effects, electrical conductive coatings, or shielding against radio waves (electromagnetic shielding). Accordingly, the aim of this article is to evaluate the advanced properties which can be realized by application of coatings containing metallic effect pigments onto textile materials leading to new functional textiles. In total, four different metallic effect pigments were investigated and compared to silver and graphite pigments. By application of coatings with copper- or silver-containing effect pigments significant antibacterial properties against E. coli and S. aureus can be realized. To achieve electric conductive textiles, which also enable effective shielding against radio waves, a copper pigment carrying a silver coating leads to the best properties. Altogether, an effective coating method is presented to achieve functional textiles that offer a broad range of possible applications.

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Acknowledgments

For funding of the electromicroscopic equipment the authors acknowledge very gratefully the program FH-Basis of the German federal country North-Rhine-Westphalia NRW. For support of metallic effect pigments, the company Eckart GmbH is gratefully acknowledged and many thanks for helpful and interesting discussions are given to Dr. P. Wissling. All product and company names mentioned in this article may be trademarks of their respective owners, also without labeling. The results presented in the current paper are a part of a broader investigation of effect pigment coatings on textiles performed by Kristin Topp during her master thesis (University of Applied Sciences, Mönchengladbach, Germany, October 2013).

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  1. Faculty of Textile and Clothing Technology (FTB), Hochschule Niederrhein – University of Applied Sciences, Webschulstr. 31, 41065, Mönchengladbach, Germany

    Kristin Topp & Boris Mahltig

  2. Institute of Immunology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany

    Hajo Haase

  3. Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Hochschule Niederrhein – University of Applied Sciences, Reinarzstr. 49, 47805, Krefeld, Germany

    Christoph Degen

  4. Faculty of Technik, Hochschule Emden-Leer - University of Applied Sciences, Constantiaplatz 4, 26723, Emden, Germany

    Gerhard Illing

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Topp, K., Haase, H., Degen, C. et al. Coatings with metallic effect pigments for antimicrobial and conductive coating of textiles with electromagnetic shielding properties. J Coat Technol Res 11, 943–957 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11998-014-9605-8

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