PMID- 24815401
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20151016
LR  - 20140512
IS  - 1879-1344 (Electronic)
IS  - 0144-8617 (Linking)
VI  - 109
DP  - 2014 Aug 30
TI  - Side selective surface modification of chitin nanofibers on anionically modified 
      cotton fabrics.
PG  - 56-63
LID - S0144-8617(14)00267-7 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.03.035 [doi]
AB  - Chitin nanofibers have been prepared from crab shell as a chitin source using 
      ultrasound assisted fibrillation. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) study showed that 
      the prepared nanofibers were having diameters and lengths primarily in the range 
      of 2-20 nm and 0.3-4 mum respectively. These nanofibers were selectively grafted 
      on one side of a 100% cotton fabric using a special apparatus. Prior to the 
      grafting, cotton fabrics were modified with partial carboxymethylation to 
      encourage cotton fiber nanofiber interactions. The surface modification was 
      confirmed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) peaks at 1,594 
      cm(-1) and 1,735 cm(-1) due to the presence of carboxylic acid functionality in 
      modified cotton fabrics. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) study of the 
      nanofiber grafted cotton fabrics showed that nanofibers were adhered to the 
      cotton fabrics. Elemental analysis confirmed that side selective grafting of 
      nanofiber has taken place due to the peak at 0.394 keV which attributes to the 
      presence of nitrogen element in chitin nanofibers. This peak was absent in the 
      other side of the fabric which was not coated with chitin nanofibers. Amount of 
      adhered nanofibers was seen to increase with the increase of nanofiber 
      concentration used in grafting as confirmed by Kjeldahl analysis. A possible 
      mechanism of cotton fiber-nanofiber interactions is introduced.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Wijesena, Ruchira N
AU  - Wijesena RN
AD  - Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology, Nanotechnology & Science Park, Mahenwatta, 
      Pitipana, Homagama, Sri Lanka. Electronic address: ruchiraw@slintec.lk.
FAU - Tissera, Nadeeka
AU  - Tissera N
AD  - Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology, Nanotechnology & Science Park, Mahenwatta, 
      Pitipana, Homagama, Sri Lanka.
FAU - Perera, Rangana
AU  - Perera R
AD  - Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology, Nanotechnology & Science Park, Mahenwatta, 
      Pitipana, Homagama, Sri Lanka.
FAU - de Silva, K M Nalin
AU  - de Silva KM
AD  - Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology, Nanotechnology & Science Park, Mahenwatta, 
      Pitipana, Homagama, Sri Lanka.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20140327
PL  - England
TA  - Carbohydr Polym
JT  - Carbohydrate polymers
JID - 8307156
RN  - 0 (Anions)
RN  - 1398-61-4 (Chitin)
SB  - IM
MH  - Anions
MH  - Chitin/*chemistry/ultrastructure
MH  - *Cotton Fiber
MH  - Microscopy, Atomic Force
MH  - Nanofibers/*chemistry/ultrastructure
MH  - Powder Diffraction
MH  - Spectrometry, X-Ray Emission
MH  - Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
MH  - Surface Properties
MH  - X-Ray Diffraction
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Chitin nanofibers
OT  - Moisture management
OT  - Surface modification
EDAT- 2014/05/13 06:00
MHDA- 2015/10/17 06:00
CRDT- 2014/05/13 06:00
PHST- 2014/01/01 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2014/03/01 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2014/03/05 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2014/05/13 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/05/13 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/10/17 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0144-8617(14)00267-7 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.03.035 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Carbohydr Polym. 2014 Aug 30;109:56-63. doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.03.035. Epub 
      2014 Mar 27.