Surface Functionalization of Cotton Fabrics by Photo-Grafting for pH Sensing Applications
This paper investigates the photo-grafting of a halochromic molecule on cotton fabric surfaces. Nitrazine yellow (NY) dye was modified with a methacrylate moiety (GMA) obtaining a photo-reactive dye (GMA-NY), which was covalently grafted onto the cellulosic substrate by means of UV irradiation. The...
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| author | Parnian Kianfar Molla Tadesse Abate Valentina Trovato Giuseppe Rosace Ada Ferri Roberta Bongiovanni Alessandra Vitale |
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| description | This paper investigates the photo-grafting of a halochromic molecule on cotton fabric surfaces. Nitrazine yellow (NY) dye was modified with a methacrylate moiety (GMA) obtaining a photo-reactive dye (GMA-NY), which was covalently grafted onto the cellulosic substrate by means of UV irradiation. The photo-grafting reaction was studied by FT-IR spectroscopy, while the pH response of the functionalized fabric was evaluated at different pH conditions (i.e., acidic and alkaline conditions) both in wet and vapor environments by spectrophotometric analyses. The results showed that the photo-grafting of the modified dye onto the fabric was successful: treated cotton clearly changed color when subjected to different pH. It was thus demonstrated that the GMA-NY dye, photo-grafted on cotton, can successfully impart pH sensing properties to the fabric, which can therefore find numerous applications in the area of smart textiles. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-23cc072a27444af78270e80be34716082022-12-22T00:06:32ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Materials2296-80162020-02-01710.3389/fmats.2020.00039489091Surface Functionalization of Cotton Fabrics by Photo-Grafting for pH Sensing ApplicationsParnian Kianfar0Molla Tadesse Abate1Valentina Trovato2Giuseppe Rosace3Ada Ferri4Roberta Bongiovanni5Alessandra Vitale6Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, ItalyDepartment of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, ItalyDepartment of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Bergamo, Bergamo, ItalyDepartment of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Bergamo, Bergamo, ItalyDepartment of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, ItalyDepartment of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, ItalyDepartment of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, ItalyThis paper investigates the photo-grafting of a halochromic molecule on cotton fabric surfaces. Nitrazine yellow (NY) dye was modified with a methacrylate moiety (GMA) obtaining a photo-reactive dye (GMA-NY), which was covalently grafted onto the cellulosic substrate by means of UV irradiation. The photo-grafting reaction was studied by FT-IR spectroscopy, while the pH response of the functionalized fabric was evaluated at different pH conditions (i.e., acidic and alkaline conditions) both in wet and vapor environments by spectrophotometric analyses. The results showed that the photo-grafting of the modified dye onto the fabric was successful: treated cotton clearly changed color when subjected to different pH. It was thus demonstrated that the GMA-NY dye, photo-grafted on cotton, can successfully impart pH sensing properties to the fabric, which can therefore find numerous applications in the area of smart textiles.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmats.2020.00039/fullphoto-graftingpH sensingcotton functionalizationhalochromic dyesmart textileswearable sensors |
| spellingShingle | Parnian Kianfar Molla Tadesse Abate Valentina Trovato Giuseppe Rosace Ada Ferri Roberta Bongiovanni Alessandra Vitale Surface Functionalization of Cotton Fabrics by Photo-Grafting for pH Sensing Applications Frontiers in Materials photo-grafting pH sensing cotton functionalization halochromic dye smart textiles wearable sensors |
| title | Surface Functionalization of Cotton Fabrics by Photo-Grafting for pH Sensing Applications |
| title_full | Surface Functionalization of Cotton Fabrics by Photo-Grafting for pH Sensing Applications |
| title_fullStr | Surface Functionalization of Cotton Fabrics by Photo-Grafting for pH Sensing Applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Surface Functionalization of Cotton Fabrics by Photo-Grafting for pH Sensing Applications |
| title_short | Surface Functionalization of Cotton Fabrics by Photo-Grafting for pH Sensing Applications |
| title_sort | surface functionalization of cotton fabrics by photo grafting for ph sensing applications |
| topic | photo-grafting pH sensing cotton functionalization halochromic dye smart textiles wearable sensors |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmats.2020.00039/full |
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