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Enhanced UV photo-stabilization of Nylon 6 filament with reduced graphene oxide/polyurethane nanocomposite Inks

Mingwei Tian (Jiangsu R&D Center of the Ecological Textile Engineering & Technology, Yancheng Polytechnic College, Yancheng, China) (School of Textile and Garment, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu, China) (College of Textiles and Clothing, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China)
Zongqian Wang (School of Textile and Garment, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu, China)
Lijun Qu (College of Textiles and Clothing, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China) (State Key Laboratory of Bio-Fibers and Eco-Textiles, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China) (Collaborative Innovation Center for Eco-Textiles of Shandong Province, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China)
Ke Wang (Jiangsu R&D Center of the Ecological Textile Engineering & Technology, Yancheng Polytechnic College, Yancheng, China)
Shifeng Zhu (College of Textiles and Clothing, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China) (State Key Laboratory of Bio-Fibers and Eco-Textiles, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China)
Xiansheng Zhang (College of Textiles and Clothing, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China) (State Key Laboratory of Bio-Fibers and Eco-Textiles, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China)
Ruichao Liu (Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai, China)

International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology

ISSN: 0955-6222

Article publication date: 17 October 2018

Issue publication date: 18 October 2018

147

Abstract

Purpose

Nylon 6 filaments have weak light and heat resistance in terms of stability, which restrict its application in engineering field. The purpose of this paper is to prepare a new photo-stabilization functional nanocomposite inks by using graphene nanosheet as UV light-resisting functional materials incorporated with polyurethane.

Design/methodology/approach

Sunlight-resisting functional nylon filaments were produced by the continuous solution dip coating technology, through which the functional inks was coated on the surface of nylon 6 filament. The surface morphology of the coated filaments was characterized by scanning electron microscopy and the graphene/polyurethane nanocomposite inks as the coating agent was confirmed and well dispersed on the fiber’s surface.

Findings

Under UV exposure, the strength loss rate of the graphene-modified nylon filaments was less than 50 percent, while that of the control nylon filament was over 85 percent, which indicated that graphene remarkably enhanced the light-resistant property of nylon. Besides, graphene/polyurethane-coated Nylon 6 filaments exhibited reasonable electrical properties and the electrical conductivity could reach 10–4 S/cm.

Originality/value

Graphene inks was first proposed as the UV photo-stabilization in this paper.

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Acknowledgements

The financial support of this work was provided by Natural Science Foundation of China via Grant Nos 51672141 and 21606258, Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province of China (ZR2018QEM004), Shandong Province College Science and Technology Plan Project (J17KA030) and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation via Grant Nos 2014M561887 and 2015T80697, the Open Project Program of Anhui Province College of Anhui Province College Key Laboratory of Textile Fabrics, Anhui Engineering and Technology Research Center of Textile (2018AKLTF12).

Citation

Tian, M., Wang, Z., Qu, L., Wang, K., Zhu, S., Zhang, X. and Liu, R. (2018), "Enhanced UV photo-stabilization of Nylon 6 filament with reduced graphene oxide/polyurethane nanocomposite Inks", International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology, Vol. 30 No. 6, pp. 817-827. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCST-07-2017-0107

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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