Articolo in rivista, 2023, ENG, 10.3390/inorganics11010019

Inorganic Finishing for Textile Fabrics: Recent Advances in Wear-Resistant, UV Protection and Antimicrobial Treatments

Sfameni, Silvia; Hadhri, Mariam; Rando, Giulia; Drommi, Dario; Rosace, Giuseppe; Trovato, Valentina; Plutino, Maria Rosaria

Department of Engineering, University of Messina, Contrada di Dio, S. Agata, 98166 Messina, Italy Institute for the Study of Nanostructured Materials, ISMN-CNR, Palermo, c/o Department of ChiBioFarAm, University of Messina, Viale F. Stagno d'Alcontres 31, Vill. S. Agata, 98166 Messina, Italy Department of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Bergamo, Viale Marconi 5, 24044 Dalmine, Italy Department of ChiBioFarAm, University of Messina, Viale F. Stagno d'Alcontres 31, Vill. S. Agata, 98166 Messina, Italy

The surface modification of textile fabrics and therefore, the development of advanced textile materials featuring specific implemented and new properties, such as improved durability and resistance, is increasingly in demand from modern society and end-users. In this regard, the sol-gel technique has shown to be an innovative and convenient synthetic route for developing functional sol-gel coatings useful for the protection of textile materials. Compared with the conventional textile finishing process, this technique is characterized by several advantages, such as the environmentally friendly approaches based on one-step applications and low concentration of non-hazardous chemicals. The sol-gel method, starting from inorganic metal alkoxides or metal salts, leads to inorganic sols containing particles that enable a chemical or physical modification of fiber surfaces, giving rise to final multifunctional properties of treated textile fabrics. This review considered the recent developments in the synthesis of inorganic nanoparticles and nanosols by sol-gel approach for improving wear and UV resistance, as well as antibacterial or antimicrobial effects for textile applications.

Inorganics 11 (1), pp. 19–?

Keywords

antimicrobial, functional coatings, inorganic coatings, photo-catalytic activity, sol-gel, stimuli-responsive polymers, UV protection, wear-resistance

CNR authors

Rando Giulia, Plutino Maria Rosaria, Sfameni Silvia

CNR institutes

ISMN – Istituto per lo studio dei materiali nanostrutturati