title: Preparation and characterization of cotton fabric with potential use in UV resistance and oil reclaim.
abstract: Here we report a simple, facile and low-cost approach to the cotton textile with significant properties. After treatment, the cotton textiles exhibit not only an excellent superhydrophobicity with the water contact angle (WCA) of 151.5(o), but also an efficient shielding property against UV with the transmittance under 2.0%. More importantly, this cotton displays an outstanding potency in oil reclaim, which can recycle oil from the waste water with oil stain efficiently. Apparently, our results suggest an innovative material that should find practical and diversified applications, particularly in the field of oil spill cleanup.
authors.affiliation: Key laboratory of Bio-based Material Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China; Wood Material Science and Engineering Key Laboratory of Jilin Province, Beihua University, Jilin 132013, China.
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Key laboratory of Bio-based Material Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Key laboratory of Bio-based Material Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China.
authors.forename: Deli
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zang
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Wood Industry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, 100091, China.
authors.forename: Yun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Key laboratory of Bio-based Material Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China.
authors.forename: Zhengxin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Wood Material Science and Engineering Key Laboratory of Jilin Province, Beihua University, Jilin 132013, China.
authors.forename: Junyou
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.affiliation: Key laboratory of Bio-based Material Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China. Electronic address: wangcy@nefu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Chengyu
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D032561:Cotton Fiber; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D013784:Textiles; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
keywords: Cotton textile; Nanocomposite coating; Oil reclaim; Superhydrophobic; UV-resistance