Influence of Incorporating Silver Nanoparticles in Protease Treatment on Fiber Friction, Antistatic, and Antibacterial Properties of Wool Fibers

作者：Hafeezullah Memon, Hua Wang, Sohail Yasin, Adeel Halepoto · 发表于：Journal of Chemistry · 年份：2018 · DOI：10.1155/2018/4845687 · 被引用次数：48 · 研究领域：Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers、Skin Protection and Aging、Textile materials and evaluations

This study was conducted by analyzing the effect of surface treatment on wool using varying percentages of protease (3%, 6%, and 9%) with incorporating silver nanoparticles and by varying pH (i.e., pH = 4 and pH = 7). The comparison of fiber surface morphology and the FTIR analysis was done to characterize the nanocoating. The results showed that the antistatic and antibacterial effect on the samples treated at 3% protease and 6% protease were better than the samples treated at 9% protease. Correspondingly, the samples treated at pH 4 had better antistatic and antibacterial properties than those treated at pH 7. Sulfur compounds play a key role in interaction and absorption of silver nanoparticles.