title: Intelligent Textiles with Comfort Regulation and Inhibition of Bacterial Adhesion Realized by Cross-Linking Poly(n-isopropylacrylamide-co-ethylene glycol methacrylate) to Cotton Fabrics.
abstract: Comfort regulation and inhibition of bacterial adhesion to textiles is realized by cross-linking thermoresponsive random copolymer to the cotton fabrics. By introduction of ethylene glycol methacrylate (EGMA) monomers into n-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM) with a molar ratio of 2:18, the obtained random copolymer poly(n-isopropylacrylamide-co-ethylene glycol methacrylate), abbreviated as P(NIPAM-co-EGMA), presents a transition temperature (TT) of 40 °C in an aqueous solution with a concentration of 1 mg/mL. Because of the additional EGMA in the copolymer, the obtained P(NIPAM-co-EGMA) shows a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 0 °C, which is much lower than that of pure PNIPAM (Tg= 140 °C). Therefore, the introduction of P(NIPAM-co-EGMA) into the cotton fabrics will have little influence on the softness of the fabrics. Due to the cross-linked P(NIPAM-co-EGMA) layer on the cotton fabrics, the porosity of the polymer layer can be adjusted by varying the external temperature below or above TT, showing that regulation of the air and moisture permeability as well as the body comfort are feasible in the cotton fabrics cross-linked with P(NIPAM-co-EGMA). In addition, the cross-linked P(NIPAM-co-EGMA) layer is capable of absorbing moisture in the ambient atmosphere to form a hydrated layer on top, which can inhibit bacterial adhesion to the textiles.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials & Manufacturing Technology, Ministry of Education; Engineering Research Center for Eco-Dyeing & Finishing of Textiles, Ministry of Education; National Base for International Science and Technology Cooperation in Textiles and Consumer-Goods Chemistry, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University , 310018 Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Jiping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials & Manufacturing Technology, Ministry of Education; Engineering Research Center for Eco-Dyeing & Finishing of Textiles, Ministry of Education; National Base for International Science and Technology Cooperation in Textiles and Consumer-Goods Chemistry, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University , 310018 Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Yangyi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials & Manufacturing Technology, Ministry of Education; Engineering Research Center for Eco-Dyeing & Finishing of Textiles, Ministry of Education; National Base for International Science and Technology Cooperation in Textiles and Consumer-Goods Chemistry, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University , 310018 Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: An
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials & Manufacturing Technology, Ministry of Education; Engineering Research Center for Eco-Dyeing & Finishing of Textiles, Ministry of Education; National Base for International Science and Technology Cooperation in Textiles and Consumer-Goods Chemistry, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University , 310018 Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Ke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials & Manufacturing Technology, Ministry of Education; Engineering Research Center for Eco-Dyeing & Finishing of Textiles, Ministry of Education; National Base for International Science and Technology Cooperation in Textiles and Consumer-Goods Chemistry, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University , 310018 Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl für Funktionelle Materialien, Physik-Department, Technische Universität München , James-Franck-Strasse 1, D-85748 Garching, Germany.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9566-6088
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Müller-Buschbaum
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials & Manufacturing Technology, Ministry of Education; Engineering Research Center for Eco-Dyeing & Finishing of Textiles, Ministry of Education; National Base for International Science and Technology Cooperation in Textiles and Consumer-Goods Chemistry, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University , 310018 Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Qi
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2069-206X
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhong
mesh_terms: D000178:Acrylamides; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D032561:Cotton Fiber; D005030:Ethylenes; D008689:Methacrylates; D013696:Temperature; D013784:Textiles
chemical_list: D000178:Acrylamides; D005030:Ethylenes; D008689:Methacrylates; C005044:hydroxyethyl methacrylate; C067295:N-isopropylacrylamide
keywords: bacterial antiadhesion; comfort regulation; cotton fabrics; cross-linking; poly(methacrylate); thermoresponsive copolymers