Enzymatic Modification of Polyamide for Improving the Conductivity of Water-Based Multilayer Nanocoatings

Autor: Jaime C. Grunlan, Eva Magovac, Daniel L. Stevens, Sandra Bischof, Anita Tarbuk, Igor Jordanov
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: ACS Omega, Vol 4, Iss 7, Pp 12028-12035 (2019)
ACS Omega
ISSN: 2470-1343
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b01052
Popis: Enzymatic modification, using a protease from Bacillus licheniformis (Subtilisin A), was carried out on polyamide 6.6 (PA6.6) fabric to make it more amenable to water-based nanocoatings used to impart electrical conductivity. The modified PA6.6 fibers exhibit a smoother surface, increased hydrophilicity due to more carboxyl and amino groups, and larger ζ-potential relative to unmodified polyamide. With its improved hydrophilicity and surface functionality, the modified textile is better able to accept a water-based nanocoating, composed of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) stabilized by sodium deoxycholate (DOC) and poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) (PDDA), deposited via layer-by-layer assembly. Relative to unmodified fabric, the enzymatically modified fibers exhibit lower sheet resistance as a function of PDDA/MWCNT-DOC bilayers deposited. This relatively green technique could be used to impart a variety of useful functionalities to otherwise difficult-to-treat synthetic fibers like polyamide.
Databáze: OpenAIRE