Water-Based Pigment Digital Inkjet Dyeing of Cotton Fabric Using of Self-Cross-Linking Grafted Silicone Polyacrylate Emulsions
Dong Ge
Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Research Center for Green and Low-Carbon Dyeing & Finishing, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials & Manufacturing Technology and Engineering Research Center for eco-Dyeing & Finishing of Textile, Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
Contribution: Formal analysis (lead), Investigation (lead), Software (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorXianzhou Qiu
Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Research Center for Green and Low-Carbon Dyeing & Finishing, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials & Manufacturing Technology and Engineering Research Center for eco-Dyeing & Finishing of Textile, Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
Contribution: Formal analysis (lead), Investigation (lead), Methodology (lead), Software (lead), Writing - original draft (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorZhijie Chen
Zhejiang Provincial Innovation Center of Advanced Textile Technology, Shaoxing, People's Republic of China
Contribution: Funding acquisition (supporting)
Search for more papers by this authorDongming Qi
Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Research Center for Green and Low-Carbon Dyeing & Finishing, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials & Manufacturing Technology and Engineering Research Center for eco-Dyeing & Finishing of Textile, Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
Zhejiang Provincial Innovation Center of Advanced Textile Technology, Shaoxing, People's Republic of China
Contribution: Funding acquisition (equal), Resources (equal), Supervision (equal), Writing - review & editing (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Jiawei Li
Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Research Center for Green and Low-Carbon Dyeing & Finishing, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials & Manufacturing Technology and Engineering Research Center for eco-Dyeing & Finishing of Textile, Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
Zhejiang Provincial Innovation Center of Advanced Textile Technology, Shaoxing, People's Republic of China
Correspondence:
Jiawei Li ([email protected])
Contribution: Conceptualization (lead), Funding acquisition (lead), Supervision (lead), Validation (lead), Writing - review & editing (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorDong Ge
Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Research Center for Green and Low-Carbon Dyeing & Finishing, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials & Manufacturing Technology and Engineering Research Center for eco-Dyeing & Finishing of Textile, Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
Contribution: Formal analysis (lead), Investigation (lead), Software (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorXianzhou Qiu
Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Research Center for Green and Low-Carbon Dyeing & Finishing, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials & Manufacturing Technology and Engineering Research Center for eco-Dyeing & Finishing of Textile, Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
Contribution: Formal analysis (lead), Investigation (lead), Methodology (lead), Software (lead), Writing - original draft (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorZhijie Chen
Zhejiang Provincial Innovation Center of Advanced Textile Technology, Shaoxing, People's Republic of China
Contribution: Funding acquisition (supporting)
Search for more papers by this authorDongming Qi
Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Research Center for Green and Low-Carbon Dyeing & Finishing, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials & Manufacturing Technology and Engineering Research Center for eco-Dyeing & Finishing of Textile, Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
Zhejiang Provincial Innovation Center of Advanced Textile Technology, Shaoxing, People's Republic of China
Contribution: Funding acquisition (equal), Resources (equal), Supervision (equal), Writing - review & editing (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Jiawei Li
Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Research Center for Green and Low-Carbon Dyeing & Finishing, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials & Manufacturing Technology and Engineering Research Center for eco-Dyeing & Finishing of Textile, Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
Zhejiang Provincial Innovation Center of Advanced Textile Technology, Shaoxing, People's Republic of China
Correspondence:
Jiawei Li ([email protected])
Contribution: Conceptualization (lead), Funding acquisition (lead), Supervision (lead), Validation (lead), Writing - review & editing (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorFunding: This work was supported by the Textile Vision Basic Research Program of China National Textile and Apparel Council (Grant No. J202207), Top Soldier and Leading Wild Goose R&D Project of Zhejiang (Grant No. 2024C01198 and 2024C01199), National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51703200 and Grant No. 51973197), Shaoxing Science and Technology Project (Grant No. 2024B11007).
ABSTRACT
“Spraying instead of dyeing” is a new clean dyeing technology that can achieve low/no water washing and shorter processes for cotton fabrics, which is conducive to the transformation, upgrading and sustainable development of textile printing and dyeing. In this paper, a self-cross-linking grafted silicone polyacrylate (SGSP) latexes were first prepared as a binder. Then, the pigment digital inkjet was used on cotton fabrics without washing, achieving energy saving, emission reduction, and carbon reduction. The effects of the mass of methacryloyl-terminated polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS-MA) and glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) on the hydrophobicity, thermodynamics, and mechanical properties of latex films were investigated, and the influences of pigment digital inkjet dyeing process on the wearability of spray-dyed cotton fabrics (SDCF) were studied. Results indicated that when the mass of PDMS-MA was 30 wt% and the GMA was 3%, the SGSP latex film had excellent hydrophobicity and mechanical properties. Meanwhile, under the process conditions of binder dosage of 30%, baking temperature of 160°C, and baking time of 4 min, SDCF had low hardness, good air permeability, and the color fastness to rubbing to the level of commercially available binders. This study presents clean dyeing technology and provides a valuable outlook into the future of binder production and application.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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