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Fabrication of a superhydrophobic and flame-retardant cotton fabric using a DNA-based coating

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Flame-retardant and superhydrophobic coatings over cotton fabric are fabricated by solution immersion method using green-based flame retardants, i.e. DNA, silver nitrate and octadecyltriethoxysilane are used to get flame-retardant cotton with superhydrophobic nature. The results of this work showed that the as-prepared cotton fabric with a maximal contact angle of 157° was obtained and surfaces before and after were characterised by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and FT-IR studies. Some typical flame tests and TGA/DTG studies were done to evaluate the flame retardant property and thermal stability of the coated cotton samples. These results demonstrated that solution immersion strategy is a relatively simple and convenient method to fabricate superhydrophobic and flame-retardant cotton fabric.

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The authors sincerely thank UGC-SAP for their financial support.

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Funding was provided by UGC-RFSMS (Grand No. F.No.25-1/2014-15/(BSR)/7-225/2008/(BSR)).

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Suryaprabha, T., Sethuraman, M.G. Fabrication of a superhydrophobic and flame-retardant cotton fabric using a DNA-based coating. J Mater Sci 55, 11959–11969 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-020-04911-0

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