Enzymatic Modification of Polyamide for Improving the Conductivity of Water-Based Multilayer Nanocoatings. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Enzymatic modification, using a protease from Bacillus licheniformis (Subtilisin A), was carried out on polyamide 6.6 (PA6.6) fabric to make it more amenable to water-based nanocoatings used to impart electrical conductivity. The modified PA6.6 fibers exhibit a smoother surface, increased hydrophilicity due to more carboxyl and amino groups, and larger -potential relative to unmodified polyamide. With its improved hydrophilicity and surface functionality, the modified textile is better able to accept a water-based nanocoating, composed of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) stabilized by sodium deoxycholate (DOC) and poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) (PDDA), deposited via layer-by-layer assembly. Relative to unmodified fabric, the enzymatically modified fibers exhibit lower sheet resistance as a function of PDDA/MWCNT-DOC bilayers deposited. This relatively green technique could be used to impart a variety of useful functionalities to otherwise difficult-to-treat synthetic fibers like polyamide.

published proceedings

  • ACS Omega

author list (cited authors)

  • Jordanov, I., Stevens, D. L., Tarbuk, A., Magovac, E., Bischof, S., & Grunlan, J. C.

citation count

  • 2

complete list of authors

  • Jordanov, Igor||Stevens, Daniel L||Tarbuk, Anita||Magovac, Eva||Bischof, Sandra||Grunlan, Jaime C

publication date

  • July 2019