Design of pH responsive textile as a sensor material for acid rain

Stojkoski, Viktor (avtor), Kert, Mateja (avtor)

The chemical composition of rainwater can serve as an indicator of the excess of acidifying air pollutants. The pH value of rainwater in the presence of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides, the precursors of acid rain, falls below pH 5.6, which is the limit value for acid rain. In this research, the tailoring of halochromic textile was examined for the design of a functional textile that can serve as a sensor and inform the wearer about the presence of pollutants in the air by means of an immediate colour change. For this purpose, a polyamide 6 fabric was dyed with the pH-sensitive Bromocresol green dye, which causes a colour change below pH 3.6 (yellow) and above pH 5.4 (blue). In addition, the dyed polyamide 6 fabric was treated with a water and oil repellent finish. Colour and colour change before and after immersion of unfinished and finished dyed samples in buffer solutions with different pH values were evaluated spectrophotometrically using the CIELAB colour space. The colour fastness to rubbing, washing, and light, and the water and oil repellency of the dyed fabrics were determined according to valid SIST EN ISO standards. The results showed that the unfinished dyed polyamide 6 fabric undergoes a reversible colour change faster and more clearly than the finished dyed polyamide 6 fabric. The dyed polyamide 6 fabric had good colour fastness to rubbing and domestic and commercial laundering, while the colour fastness to light was poor. In addition, the dyed polyamide 6 fabric was pH-sensitive, despite dye degradation under xenon light, regardless of whether it was finished.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: pH sensitive dyes, bromocresol green, polyamide 6, water repellency, oil repellency, acid rain
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: NTF - Naravoslovnotehniška fakulteta
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2020
• Št. strani: 15 str.
• Številčenje: Vol. 12, iss. 10, art. 2251
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-134647
• UDK: 677
• ISSN pri članku: 2073-4360
• DOI: 10.3390/polym12102251
• COBISS.SI-ID: 31028227
• Datum objave v RUL: 24.01.2022

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Polymers
• Skrajšan naslov: Polymers
• Založnik: MDPI
• ISSN: 2073-4360
• COBISS.SI-ID: 517951257

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.
• Začetek licenciranja: 01.10.2020

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: ph odzivna barvila, bromokrezol zelena, poliamid 6, vodoodbojnost, oljeodbojnost, kisli dež

Projekti

• Financer: ARRS - Agencija za raziskovalno dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P2-0213
• Naslov: Tekstilije in ekologija