Titanium and Silicon Dioxide-Coated Fabrics for Management and Tuning of Infrared Radiation

Abstract

Far infrared radiation (FIR) is emitted by every body at a given temperature, including the human body. FIR ranging between 4–14 μm is considered useful for cell growth, and the human body emits a maximum of infrared (IR) radiation at the wavelength of approximately 9.3 µm. In the present study, fabrics based on five different raw textiles having the same yarn count as well as the same weaving patterns were designed and created. Some of them were subjected to a coating process. The fabrics to be tested were as follows: coated with TiO2 nanoparticles, coated with SiO2 nanoparticles, coated fabric that does not contain bioceramic nanoparticle (BNFC), and non-coated fabrics (NCF). The structural characterization of the resulting samples was performed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), abrasion tests, and air permeability. Following the structural characterization, the infrared emissivity properties were investigated using infrared thermography as well as attenuated total reflectance Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy in the 8–14 IR range. According to the experimental findings, the fabrics coated with TiO2 and SiO2 displayed increased infrared emissivity values compared to the uncoated ones. In addition, it was observed that the use of bioceramic powders had no effect on air permeability and abrasion properties.

Design of silica coated polyamide fabrics for thermo‐regulating textiles

“…Textile coating allows modulation of IR by incorporating metallic materials, conductive powders, organic/inorganic materials and semi‐conductors 19,20 . Among those materials are zinc oxide, 21,22 antimony, 20 carbon nanotubes, 7 silver particles, 9,23–25 silica (SiO 2 ) particles, 19,26–35 titanium oxide (TiO 2 ), 27,28 and others 36,37 …”

“…Assaf et al showed that 5% of sub‐metric SiO 2 particles inserted within PE membranes offer an efficient absorption of more than 35% of the infrared radiation between 5 and 15 μm of the nanocomposite, as compared to the neat membrane 26 . The coating of cotton, wool, viscose, acrylic, and cotton/polyester fabrics with different ceramic powder coatings such as SiO 2 for IR emissivity tuning and management has been studied by Yuce et al 28 demonstrating the efficient change of IR absorbance in the investigated wavelength range (8–14 μm). Likewise, Panwar et al 29 deposited Janus TiO 2 ‐SiO 2 particles on a cotton fabric surface and observed a clear NIR reflection due to the coupling of the high refractive index of TiO 2 to the large size of SiO 2 particles.…”

“…18 Textile coating allows modulation of IR by incorporating metallic materials, conductive powders, organic/inorganic materials and semi-conductors. 19,20 Among those materials are zinc oxide, 21,22 antimony, 20 carbon nanotubes, 7 silver particles, 9,[23][24][25] silica (SiO 2 ) particles, 19,[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35] titanium oxide (TiO 2 ), 27,28 and others. 36,37 The application of silica as silica oxide or Janus particles (SiO 2 -TiO 2 ) has promising results for personal indoor heating and can also be implemented for the manufacture of conventional textiles.…”

In-situ Synthesis and Immobilization of Copper Oxide-Titanium Oxide Nanocomposite (CuO@TiO 2 NCs) onto L-methionine Modified Cotton Fabrics and Investigation of its Antibacterial Activity and UV-protection

“…Figure1(a) shows the ATR-FTIR spectra of Am-Cot and the Am-Cot-CuO + TiO 2 samples. The spectrum of Am-Cot (Fig.1) shows a strong peak at 3000 cm − 1 assigned to hydroxyl (OH) groups stretching for intermolecular bonding of hydrogen bonds in cellulose, lignin and water(Yuce et al, 2022). The peak at 2907 cm − 1 is due to the stretching vibration of C-H present in cellulose and(Agrawal et al, 2019), and the band at 1628 cm − 1 is due to water present in the bres(Cheng et al, 2018).…”

A design strategy for aGST-GST-VO2-Ag based tunable thermal emitter

“…), is more feasible. [11][12][13] In recent years, researchers have successively proposed a variety of conventional statically tunable thermal emitters to achieve the goal of infrared properties modulation, which has the advantages of simple preparation and low cost. [14][15][16] Unfortunately, the structural parameters, material parameters, and arrangements of these structures are usually fixed after fabrication.…”