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Mussel-inspired multifunctional coating for enhancing the UV-resistant property of polypropylene fibers

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In this paper, UV-resistant polypropylene (PP) fibers were prepared with a simple and versatile strategy. The PP fiber was firstly coated a polydopamine (PDA) layer by simply dipping the fiber into an alkaline dopamine solution. Then, the titania (TiO2) nanoparticles were chemically bound to the PDA layer through the reduction capacity of catechol groups in PDA, endowing the fibers with excellent UV-resistant properties. The surface chemical composition of modified fibers was confirmed by attenuated total reflectance fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The surface morphology and the crystalline structure of the modified fibers were studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) respectively. Thermo stability was characterized by thermogravimetry analysis. Besides, the mechanical and UV protection properties were further investigated through monofilament tensile and the UV transmittance test. The results showed that the PDA and TiO2 were successfully coated on fiber surface. Comprared to the pristine fiber, the modified fiber exhibited better thermal stability. Particularly, the as-prepared PP-PDA-TiO2 fibers could strongly resist the UV rays with no change in mechanical properties.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin, 300387, P. R. China

    Zhengyi Liu, Juncheng Hu, Qi Sun, Li Chen, Xia Feng & Yiping Zhao

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Acknowledgments: This research is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 21374078, 21174103 and 51303129), Science and Technology Commission Foundation of Tianjin (Grant Nos. 15JCYBJC17900 and 14JCZDJC38300) and the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University (PCSIRT) of Ministry of Education of China (Grant No. IRT13084).

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Liu, Z., Hu, J., Sun, Q. et al. Mussel-inspired multifunctional coating for enhancing the UV-resistant property of polypropylene fibers. Macromol. Res. 25, 431–438 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13233-017-5062-4

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