Journal
POLYMERS
Volume 11, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym11081329
Keywords
hydrogels; UV-photopolymerization; functional surfaces; PET fabrics
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- European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant [722497]
- University of Duisburg-Essen
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We address a strategy to graft hydrogels onto polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fabrics using different acrylate-based monomers. The hydrogel-modified fabrics were prepared by a two-step modification. To this end, double functional groups were firstly introduced onto the PET surface via an aminolysis reaction involving allylamine. The final grafted polymer networks were then obtained after UV-induced radical photopolymerization by varying acrylate monomer types in the presence of a cross-linker. After characterization, the resulting hydrogels showed different morphologies and abrasion resistance performances depending on their chemical nature. UV-photopolymerization is a fast and low-cost method to achieve technical fabrics with specific desired properties.
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