Modiication of polyester fabric by nanoscale titanium dioxide to give photoactivity
It has been shown, that modiication of polyester fabric using the diluted suspension of nano-sized titanium dioxide provides giving to the fabric the ability to decompose the adsorbed pollutions under the inluence of light. The efect of preactivation of polyester material on the ability of fabric to decompose various kinds of pollutions was investigated. It was found that pre-activation of chemical method and of the plasma surface barrier discharge promotes additional increase the photochemical activity of the modiied fabrics. The sustainability of the achieved efect to operational impacts, such as washing and dry friction, were estimated. It was found that the stability the achieved efect to the operational impact is satisfactory. It has been shown that modiication of polyester fabric by nano-sized titanium dioxide provides its protection from the intense ultraviolet radiation.