The application of diffuse reflectance laser photolysis to study photochemistry at interfaces and in dyed fabrics

Recently we have extended to heterogeneous, opaque and often highly scattering systems, the application of flash photolysis by using diffuse reflected light instead of transmitted light as the analysing source on timescales extending from several seconds to picoseconds. Laser-induced transient spectra and decay kinetics have been observed from a wide variety of samples including fractions of monolayers of organic molecules adsorbed on catalytic metal oxide surfaces, within inorganic and organic microcrystals, from dyed fabrics and from paper pulp. The potential of the technique to study photochemical reactions at interfaces is demonstrated with particular reference to ion-electron recombination on porous silica surfaces and to photochemical and photophysical processes occurring in dyed fabrics.     

平面编织复合材料细观力学分析的一个双向直波纹模型

作为对平面编织复合材料弹性质预测的单向直波纹模型的改进，本文提出一个双向的，在经线和纬线方向上均衡的直波纹模型，它更为符合编织复合材料微结构特点。采用这个新模型和经典层板理论，通过对模型上，下表面的两种极限约束条件，予测了平面编织复合材料层板弹性常数的界限。结果表明，这个模型所予测的值更为准确，合理。     

Surface modification of PET fabric by plasma pre‐treatment for long‐lasting permethrin deposition

The mosquito‐transmitted diseases are of serious concern and are affecting several millions of peoples worldwide. Instead of medication afterward the disease initiated, self‐protection against the mosquito's is preferable, specifically in endemic areas. For this purpose, the permethrin coated clothing is a suitable choice to avoid mosquitos' bites. Unfortunately, the permethrin coating on fabrics is not long‐lasting, and its laundering resistance is very low on hydrophobic fabric. In this study, the effect of plasma surface modification of PET fabric on the adhesion of permethrin and its laundering resistance are evaluated. The plasma processing is carried out in nitrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen–oxygen mixture plasma. The samples are analyzed using Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy, X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy, scanning electron microscope and chromatography. The results show that the oxygen plasma pre‐treated samples exhibit the higher residual contents of permethrin after 60 wash cycles as compared with other gasses. Without plasma pre‐treatment, the 95% loss, whereas the sample with oxygen plasma pre‐treatment shows that only 22% loss of initial concentration of permethrin occurs after washing. This study shows that plasma pre‐treatment is valuable to improve the absorption of permethrin in PET and its laundering‐resistance. As plasma treatment is a cost‐effective technique, it needs less processing time and eco‐friendly, thus it is a great choice to deposit long‐lasting permethrin coating by plasma pre‐treatment, instead of conventional binding agents. Remarkably, the plasma treatment technique is a well‐established and industrially acceptable technique, thus expected to be of noteworthy importance for insecticide garments manufacturers.     

激光直写微型RGO/MWCNT/CF平面柔性超级电容器的制备及性能

将采用改性Hummers法制备的氧化石墨烯与多壁碳纳米管(MWCNT)复合, 通过激光直写的方法制备了以棉织物(Cotton fabric, CF)为基底的石墨烯复合碳纳米管的同心圆形织物柔性平面超级电容器(RGO/MWCNT/CF). 通过扫描电子显微镜、 X 射线衍射和拉曼光谱技术对RGO/MWCNT/CF进行了表征, 并对超级电容器的电导率和电化学性能进行了测试. 结果表明, 电极材料经激光还原后导电率达到了7.19×10 ⁴ S/m, 表现出良好的导电性能. 以RGO/MWCNT/CF为工作电极、 PVA/LiCl凝胶为电解质组装的超级电容器具有良好的电化学性能, 在电位窗口为0~1 V、 电流密度为40.8 mA/cm ²时比电容达到24 mF/cm ², 功率密度为61 mW·h/kg, 能量密度为1.22 mW·h/kg, 且循环1000次仍能保持92%的比电容.     

Effect of Chemical Treatment on the Mechanical and Water Absorption Properties of Coir Pith/Nylon/Epoxy Sandwich Composites

Multilayered coir pith/nylon fabric/epoxy hybrid composites were fabricated by the hand lay-up technique. Coir pith was subjected to chemical treatment before processing and the volume fraction of coir pith was maintained in the range of 60–65%. The effect of treatment was analyzed by SEM and optical microscopy. The effects of layering and treatment on the mechanical and water transport nature of composite were analyzed. The mechanical properties of the composite decreased on exposure to water. However, the retention of impact strength increased with chemical treatment of coir pith.     

Effect of urea additive on the thermal decomposition of greige cotton nonwoven fabric treated with diammonium phosphate

This study showed that greige cotton nonwoven fabric can effectively be flame retardant by applying the phosphorus of diammonium phosphate (DAP) as low as 0.8 wt% with the addition of urea. At such a low content of phosphorus, the char length and limiting oxygen index (LOI) were continuously decreased and increased, respectively, as the concentration of urea increased. The effect of urea additive on the thermal decomposition of flame retardant greige cotton nonwoven fabric was investigated by thermogravimetry, ATR-FTIR, XRD, ¹H → ¹³C CP/MAS NMR, and SEM. The results indicated that, upon heating, urea not only facilitated the phosphorylation reaction of DAP but also introduced carbamate groups into cellulose to decrease the degree of crystallinity prior to the decomposition of the crystalline cellulose. Compared with DAP treatment alone, the addition of urea accelerated the decomposition of glycosyl units, which resulted in a slight increase of weight loss and decrease of char yield. The char morphology observed after LOI tests indicates that urea released nonflammable gases, which blew the carboneous char layer to protect the underlying substrate.     

Synthesis of New Modified with Rhodamine B Peptides for Antiviral Protection of Textile Materials

Here we report on the synthesis and characterization of three new N-modified analogues of hemorphin-4 with rhodamine B. Modified with chloroacetyl, chloride cotton fabric has been dyed and color coordinates of the obtained textile materials were determined. Antiviral and virucidal activities of both the peptide-rhodamine B compounds and the dyed textile material were studied. Basic physicochemical properties (acid-base behavior, solvent influence, kinetics) related to the elucidation of structural activity of the new modified peptides based on their steric open/closed ring effect were studied. The obtained results lead to the conclusion that in protic solvent with change in pH of the environment, direct control over the dyeing of textiles can be achieved. Both the new hybrid peptide compounds and the modification of functionalized textile materials with these bioactive hemorphins showed virucidal activity against the human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV-S2) and human adenovirus serotype 5 (HAdV-5) for different time intervals (30 and 60 min) and the most active compound was Rh-3.     

Cation-exchange fabric prepared by electron beam-induced graft copolymerization of binary monomer mixture

Applying the electron-beam preirradiation method in air the cation - exchange fabric (CEF) containing sulfonic acid (R-SO₃H) groups was prepared by graft copolymerization of sodium styrenesulfonate with acrylic acid onto non woven polypropylene fabric. The effect of reaction conditions on the grafting yield and reaction mechanism was examined. The ion-exchange properties towards Cu(II) and Co(II) ions of the CEF were investigated depending on the form of the CEF and a pH of the solution. It was found that the synthesized CEF contains both strong acid groups (R-SO₃H) and weak acid (R-COOH) groups in almost equal proportion. The utilization of the CEF in Na₊ form allows to make the best use of its ion-exchange capacity.