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Zhao H, Zhang K, Fang K, Shi F, Pan Y, Sun F, Wang D, Xie R, Chen W. Insights into coloration enhancement of mercerized cotton fabric on reactive dye digital inkjet printing. RSC Adv 2022; 12:10386-10394. [PMID: 35424988 PMCID: PMC8981110 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra01053d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2022] [Accepted: 03/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Mercerization can improve the utilization rate of dyes in the dyeing process, and reduce the discharge of washing wastewater. However, the effect and mechanism of mercerization is not clear on digital inkjet printing of cotton fabric. In this work, two kinds of cotton fabrics (original and mercerized) were used for reactive dye digital inkjet printing, and the color improvement mechanism of caustic soda mercerization was investigated. It was found that the crystallinity of cotton fibre was adjusted from 73.9% to 58.5% by caustic mercerization, and the breaking strength did not decrease compared with original cotton fibre. Thus, the accessible reactive hydroxyl groups and the wettability were enhanced for treated cotton fibres, which promoted the inks' wick into the fibres. Interestingly, the penetration of ink droplets between the yarns and fibres after caustic mercerization was decreased, thus the dyes mainly gathered on the surface of cotton fabric. The cotton fibres' cross section structure changed from flat oval to round, which increased the contact area between reactive dyes and fibres. At a certain amount of ink, the optimal K/S value of 23.47 was achieved for treated cotton fabrics, which was higher than that of untreated cotton fabrics (17.15). Meanwhile, the printed fabrics displayed good washing fastness, rubbing fastness and glossiness. This work has important theoretical guiding significance for producing high quality mercerized cotton fabric digital printing products and reducing printing wastewater discharge. Mercerization can control the crystallinity of cotton fiber, promote the absorption of ink droplets' wick into the fiber and inhibit ink droplets from penetrating the back of fabric. Therefore, the printing quality was extremely enhanced.![]()
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Affiliation(s)
- Hongzhi Zhao
- College of Textiles & Clothing, State Key Laboratory for Biofibres and Eco-textiles, Collaborative Innovation Center for Eco-textiles of Shandong Province, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
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- College of Textiles & Clothing, State Key Laboratory for Biofibres and Eco-textiles, Collaborative Innovation Center for Eco-textiles of Shandong Province, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
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- College of Textiles & Clothing, State Key Laboratory for Biofibres and Eco-textiles, Collaborative Innovation Center for Eco-textiles of Shandong Province, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
- National Innovation Center of Advanced Dyeing and Finishing Technology, Tai'an, Shandong 271000, P. R. China
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- College of Textiles & Clothing, State Key Laboratory for Biofibres and Eco-textiles, Collaborative Innovation Center for Eco-textiles of Shandong Province, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
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- College of Textiles & Clothing, State Key Laboratory for Biofibres and Eco-textiles, Collaborative Innovation Center for Eco-textiles of Shandong Province, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
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- YuYue Home Textile Company, 1 Xiner Road, Bincheng District, Binzhou, 256600, China
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- College of Textiles & Clothing, State Key Laboratory for Biofibres and Eco-textiles, Collaborative Innovation Center for Eco-textiles of Shandong Province, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
- National Innovation Center of Advanced Dyeing and Finishing Technology, Tai'an, Shandong 271000, P. R. China
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- College of Textiles & Clothing, State Key Laboratory for Biofibres and Eco-textiles, Collaborative Innovation Center for Eco-textiles of Shandong Province, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
- National Innovation Center of Advanced Dyeing and Finishing Technology, Tai'an, Shandong 271000, P. R. China
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Zhai X, Ma J, Wu Y, Niu T, Sun D, Fang L, Zhang X. Investigation on dyeing mechanism of modified cotton fiber. RSC Adv 2022; 12:31596-31607. [PMID: 36380938 PMCID: PMC9635438 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra05668b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
Cotton fabrics have been chemically modified with two cationic compounds. They were 3-chloro-2-hydroxypropyltrimethylammonium chloride and the copolymer of dimethyl diallyl ammonium chloride and allyl glycidyl ether, respectively. Under the conditions of no inorganic salt, two modified cotton fabrics were dyed with reactive dyes. The dyeing mechanism of two modified cotton fabrics was investigated in comparison with traditional dyeing of untreated cotton fabrics. It involved the adsorption type, adsorption thermodynamics, and adsorption kinetics between reactive dyes and modified cotton fabrics in the dyeing process. The color-fixing process of modified cotton fibers was also studied in detail. The results showed that there were obvious distinctions between the salt-free dyeing mechanism of modified cotton fabrics and traditional dyeing of untreated cotton fabrics. The adsorption isotherm model of the two modified cotton fabrics conformed to the Langmuir-model. The kinetic model of two modified cotton fabrics conformed to the pseudo-second-order kinetic model. The adsorption of modified cotton fabrics was an endothermic process. The adsorption of unmodified cotton fabrics was an exothermic process. These will serve as a theoretical basis of the industrial production of salt-free dyeing of modified cotton fiber. In this investigation, the dyeing mechanism of cotton fibers was investigated through adsorption isotherm, adsorption thermodynamics, adsorption kinetics, activation energy, diffusion coefficient, half-dyeing time and process of fixation.![]()
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- Xiaolei Zhai
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
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