Solution process-based technologies: A new way for textile nanofunctionalization

Abstract

Recent advances in developing modification approaches for different types of materials (natural or synthetic) with the use of methods of solution chemistry, also applied for nanoparticles production, were considered. These approaches allow obtaining materials with new functionality: photocatalytic and antibacterial properties, self-cleaning surfaces, controlled hydrophilicity or hydrophobicity, etc. It was shown that solution chemistry methods allow combining the nanoparticles synthesis with textile finishing processes. Therefore, they are effective in the modification of fibers and textiles based on both natural and synthetic polymers.