title: Thermal stability and flame resistance of cotton fabrics treated with whey proteins.
abstract: It is well described in the literature that whey proteins are able to form coatings, which exhibit high mechanical and oxygen barrier properties, notwithstanding a great water vapour adsorption. These peculiarities have been exploited for applying a novel protein-based finishing treatment to cotton and for assessing the protein effect on the thermal and thermo-oxidative stability and on the flame retardant properties of the cellulosic fabric. Indeed, the deposited whey protein coatings have turned out to significantly affect the thermal degradation of cotton in inert and oxidative atmosphere, and to somehow modify its combustion when a flame has been applied. Furthermore, the influence of the secondary and tertiary structure of these proteins on the morphology of the deposited coating, and thus on the thermal and flame retardant properties of the treated fabrics, has been evaluated by performing a denaturation thermal treatment before the protein application.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienza Applicata e Tecnologia, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bosco
authors.forename: Riccardo Andrea
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Carletto
authors.forename: Jenny
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alongi
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Marmo
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Di Blasio
authors.forename: Giulio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Malucelli
mesh_terms: D032561:Cotton Fiber; D005411:Flame Retardants; D008422:Materials Testing; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008894:Milk Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D055550:Protein Stability; D013499:Surface Properties; D000067816:Whey Proteins
chemical_list: D005411:Flame Retardants; D008894:Milk Proteins; D000067816:Whey Proteins