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UV protective textiles by the deposition of functional ethylcellulose nanoparticles

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Ethylcellulose (EC) nanoparticles have been widely investigated for their use as drug delivery systems. However, their application on the textile field has been hardly studied. In this work, the use of EC nanoparticles as nanocarriers of active or lipid soluble compounds and their subsequent deposition on cotton textile is proposed in order to obtain functional textiles. A UV protective textile has been obtained after deposition of EC nanoparticles loaded with a liposoluble UV filter on cotton fabrics. The EC/cotton affinity and the attachment mechanism of EC nanoparticles on cotton substrate was studied by means of thermal behaviour evaluation, estimation of adhesion work (WA) and wash resistance tests. It is proposed that during EC nanoparticles deposition on cotton fabric, entanglement of polymeric chains is favoured, thus improving adhesion of EC nanoparticles on cotton substrate. The functionality of cotton textile was assessed by ultraviolet protection factor (UPF) measurements, showing a high UPF value (UPF = 45). Evaluation of UPF as a function of washing cycles were carried out on treated cotton fabrics. Washed fabrics still provided good UV protection (UPF ≥ 25), evidencing the presence of nanoparticles after washing cycles and the durability of the conferred functionality.

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The authors would like to thank the contribution of Scanning Electron Microscopy Service of the Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC) and the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness for the funding of the “MAT2010-21228”.

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  1. Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia, Spanish National Research Council (IQAC-CSIC), c/Jordi Girona, 18-26, 08034, Barcelona, Spain

    S. Vílchez-Maldonado, G. Calderó, J. Esquena & R. Molina

  2. Biomedical Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), Barcelona, Spain

    S. Vílchez-Maldonado, G. Calderó, J. Esquena & R. Molina

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Vílchez-Maldonado, S., Calderó, G., Esquena, J. et al. UV protective textiles by the deposition of functional ethylcellulose nanoparticles. Cellulose 21, 2133–2145 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-014-0217-3

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