Dyeing of Polyester with Pristine Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes
1 Department of Polymer and Textile Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.
2 Department of Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science (TECS), College of Textiles, North Carolina State University, USA
* Corresponding author: ebiliya3@gmail.com
2 Department of Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science (TECS), College of Textiles, North Carolina State University, USA
* Corresponding author: ebiliya3@gmail.com
Abstract
Pristine Multiwalled Carbon nanotubes (MWNT) were dispersed in two selected surfactants and their mixture using a probe sonicator at room temperature. The results presented in this article apply only to the short-length MWNT. The dispersions achieved generally ranged from very poor to average. In the average category, the solvents ranked o-Dichloro benzene > Dimethyl formamide > Tetrahydrofuran. The surfactants and one of the mixtures performed better than average with Sodium lauroamphoacetate (Miranol) > Cetyl pyridinium chloride (CPC) > Miranol/CPC mixture (50:50). The higher the aspect ratio, the more difficult they are to disperse; the shorter the nanotubes, the better and more uniform the dispersion obtained. Miranol was then applied (dyed) on Polyester fabrics and various chroma Characteristics obtained.
Keywords
Dispersion; Solvent; Surfactant; Sonication; Mixture; Chroma
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How to Cite
E.B., I., & R, K. (2019). Dyeing of Polyester with Pristine Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes. Nigerian Journal of Textiles, 5(1), 62-66. https://doi.org/10.67637/njt.2019.095jt89d
I. E.B., and K. R, "Dyeing of Polyester with Pristine Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes," Nigerian Journal of Textiles, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 62-66, August 2019. doi: 10.67637/njt.2019.095jt89d
