Laccase-Catalyzed Dyeing and Finishing of Textiles with Gallic Acid

2013 ◽  
Vol 631-632 ◽  
pp. 608-612
Author(s):  
Sha Sha Sun ◽  
Ren Cheng Tang

Laccase from Rhus vernicifera was applied to catalyze the polymerization of gallic acid (GA) as a way of “in situ” dyeing and finishing for wool, silk, nylon, cotton and viscose fabrics. The laccase-catalyzed polymerization of GA was confirmed by the results of UV-vis spectroscopy and differential thermal analysis. The adsorption of the GA oxidation product on the fibers contributed to the color effect and functional performance of treated fabrics. The dyed fabrics exhibited gray colors with pale to medium shades, depending on fiber categories. All the dyed fabrics showed significantly enhanced UV protection performance and antioxidant activity, and the dyed wool and silk had obviously improved deodorizing ability. These improved functional properties were related to the increased quantity of aromatic rings, phenolic hydroxyl groups and carboxyl groups in the GA oxidation product adsorbed by fibers.

2011 ◽  
Vol 183-185 ◽  
pp. 2005-2009
Author(s):  
Lu Wang ◽  
Shu Jun Li ◽  
Pei Pei Liu ◽  
Guang Shou Feng ◽  
Hao Zhong

With the depletion of fossil energy, biology material is getting more and more attention. Bark, as a kind of renewable resource, need to be utilized urgently and reasonably. The larch bark was very extensive in northeast and the use of larch bark is limited to make tannin. However, the whole process produced much bark residue, which could not be utilized effectively. In this paper, based on the content of total phenolic hydroxyl groups, the in-situ synthesis reaction of the larch bark with formaldehyde was performed in different ratios. FTIR analysis was adopted to characterize the synthesized products. After air-drying, the synthesized product was pressed into a bark-based composite under pressure of 10~25 MPa. The effect of pressure and molar ratio of phenols and formaldehyde on the properties of the composite were analyzed. These results indicate that, pressure and molar ratio were both vital factors. The composite with higher molar ratio of phenol and formaldehyde had better abilities of anti-moisture, but the molar ratio of 1:2 made the strongest composite. With the increasing of pressure, the hardness of the composite was greater. For the composite made under 20 MPa and the molar ratio of 1:2, its hardness was 23.41 MPa and its max load was 415.83N. Its thickness and diameter swelling rate of moisture absorption in 12 d was 1.87% and 0.68%.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seongyoung Kwon ◽  
Wooseok Lee ◽  
Jung Wook Choi ◽  
Nattinee Bumbudsanpharoke ◽  
Seonghyuk Ko

The present study focused on a facile and green approach for the one-step synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) embedded in hard wood bleached kraft fiber. The hydroxyl groups on the cellulose chain induced ionic silver reduction with additional hydrothermal energy, allowing for the in situ formation and deposition of AgNPs on the cellulose fiber. The white color of the bleached fiber transformed to yellow due to the formation of AgNPs. UV-Vis spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy revealed that the AgNPs were uniformly distributed across the surface of the obtained cellulose fibers. The results indicated that the formation and distribution of AgNPs on surface of cellulose fibers was significantly influenced by the amount and concentration of silver nitrate (AgNO3). The antimicrobial activity of the cellulose-AgNP composite sheet against Escherichia coli was found to be inhibiting. These findings imply that cellulose-AgNP composite sheets can be feasibly used as antimicrobial paper for food packaging.


RSC Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (81) ◽  
pp. 51419-51425 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Wang ◽  
Yongmei Chen ◽  
Shuangyan Liu ◽  
Haomin Jiang ◽  
Linan Wang ◽  
...  

˙OH selectively attacks the active sites opposite to phenolic hydroxyl groups and leads to bond-cleavage of ether bonds.


Holzforschung ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 62 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuki Tobimatsu ◽  
Toshiyuki Takano ◽  
Hiroshi Kamitakahara ◽  
Fumiaki Nakatsubo

Abstract Horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-initiated dehydrogenative polymerizations of guaiacyl (G) and syringyl (S)-type monolignol γ-O-glucosides, isoconiferin (iso-G) and isosyringin (iso-S), which contain a hydrophilic glucosyl unit on γ-position of coniferyl alcohol (G-alc) and sinapyl alcohol (S-alc), respectively, were monitored by UV spectroscopy to study the formation of dehydrogenation polymer (DHP, lignin polymer model) in a homogeneous aqueous phase. During homopolymerization of iso-S, a new absorbance band at 325 nm (A 325) rapidly increased in intensity and then gradually disappeared, whereas such stable changes in absorbance were not observed during homopolymerization of iso-G. During polymerization of iso-S, A 325 rapidly disappeared when an acid, nucleophile or reductant was added to the reaction mixture, indicating that A 325 can be attributed to S-type quinone methide intermediates (QMs). Similar to iso-S polymerization, temporary absorbance at 328 nm was observed during conventional polymerization of S-alc. We interpret this observation as follows: S-type QMs accumulated in the reaction mixture and the progress of subsequent DHP formation during oxidative polymerization of iso-S or S-alc was hindered. UV monitoring of iso-G and iso-S copolymerization revealed that the presence of iso-G promoted the disappearance of A 325. Furthermore, S-type QMs generated in situ by iso-S polymerization disappeared more rapidly after guaiacol addition than after 2,6-dimethoxyphenol addition. The following mechanism for copolymerization of iso-G and iso-S can be proposed: G-type precursors with phenolic hydroxyl groups react readily by nucleophilic addition with the α-C of S-type QMs, and the molecular chains of DHPs increase via non-cyclic α-aryl ether bonds.


2012 ◽  
Vol 535-537 ◽  
pp. 1529-1533
Author(s):  
Qing Ling Liao ◽  
Li Ming Zeng ◽  
Xuan Ke Li

The modified phenolic resin was synthesized by sol-gel process using in-situ formed nanosized silica. The improved phenolic resin was characterized by IR and TG-DTA analyses .The results show that the interaction between SiO2 nanoparticles and phenolic resin lead to the decrease of concentration of phenolic hydroxyl groups, and introduce the impurity atom Si to the phenolic resin molecule chain, which promotes the heat resistance and stability of phenolic resin. The physicochemical property analyses show that the magnesite-carbon brick using this modified phenolic resin as binder possesses a low apparent porosity and a high bulk density and compression strength.


Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (8) ◽  
pp. 2131
Author(s):  
Leonardo Dalseno Antonino ◽  
Júlia Rocha Gouveia ◽  
Rogério Ramos de Sousa Júnior ◽  
Guilherme Elias Saltarelli Garcia ◽  
Luara Carneiro Gobbo ◽  
...  

Several efforts have been dedicated to the development of lignin-based polyurethanes (PU) in recent years. The low and heterogeneous reactivity of lignin hydroxyl groups towards diisocyanates, arising from their highly complex chemical structure, limits the application of this biopolymer in PU synthesis. Besides the well-known differences in the reactivity of aliphatic and aromatic hydroxyl groups, experimental work in which the reactivity of both types of hydroxyl, especially the aromatic ones present in syringyl (S-unit), guaiacyl (G-unit), and p-hydroxyphenyl (H-unit) building units are considered and compared, is still lacking in the literature. In this work, the hydroxyl reactivity of two kraft lignin grades towards 4,4′-diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI) was investigated. 31P NMR allowed the monitoring of the reactivity of each hydroxyl group in the lignin structure. FTIR spectra revealed the evolution of peaks related to hydroxyl consumption and urethane formation. These results might support new PU developments, including the use of unmodified lignin and the synthesis of MDI-functionalized biopolymers or prepolymers.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Precisvalle ◽  
A. Martucci ◽  
L. Gigli ◽  
J. R. Plaisier ◽  
T. C. Hansen ◽  
...  

AbstractTopaz [Al2SiO4(F,OH)2] is one of the main fluorine-bearing silicates occurring in environments where variably acidic (F)/aqueous (OH) fluids saturate the silicate system. In this work we fully characterized blue topaz from Padre Paraíso (Minas Gerais, Brazil) by means of in situ synchrotron X-Ray and neutron powder diffraction measurements (temperature range 298–1273 K) combined with EDS microanalyses. Understanding the role of OH/F substitution in topaz is important in order to determine the hydrophilicity and the exchange reactions of fluorine by hydroxyl groups, and ultimately to characterize the environmental redox conditions (H2O/F) required for mineral formation. The fluorine content estimated from neutron diffraction data is ~ 1.03 a.f.u (10.34 wt%), in agreement with the chemical data (on average 10.0 wt%). The XOH [OH/(OH + F)] (0.484) is close to the maximum XOH value (0.5), and represents the OH- richest topaz composition so far analysed in the Minas Gerais district. Topaz crystallinity and fluorine content sharply decrease at 1170 K, while mullite phase starts growing. On the basis of this behaviour, we suggest that this temperature may represent the potential initial topaz’s crystallization temperature from supercritical fluids in a pegmatite system. The log(fH2O/fHF)fluid (1.27 (0.06)) is coherent with the fluorine activity calculated for hydrothermal fluids (pegmatitic stage) in equilibrium with the forming mineral (log(fH2O/fHF)fluid = 1.2–6.5) and clearly different from pure magmatic (granitic) residual melts [log(fH2O/fHF)fluid < 1]. The modelled H2O saturated fluids with the F content not exceeding 1 wt% may represent an anomalous water-dominant / fluorine-poor pegmatite lens of the Padre Paraíso Pegmatite Field.


Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 1869
Author(s):  
A K M Mashud Alam ◽  
Donovan Jenks ◽  
George A. Kraus ◽  
Chunhui Xiang

Organophosphate (OP) compounds, a family of highly hazardous chemical compounds included in nerve agents and pesticides, have been linked to more than 250,000 annual deaths connected to various chronic diseases. However, a solid-state sensing system that is able to be integrated into a clothing system is rare in the literature. This study aims to develop a nanofiber-based solid-state polymeric material as a soft sensor to detect OP compounds present in the environment. Esters of polydiacetylene were synthesized and incorporated into a cellulose acetate nanocomposite fibrous assembly developed with an electrospinning technique, which was then hydrolyzed to generate more hydroxyl groups for OP binding. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), Instron® tensile tester, contact angle analyzer, and UV–Vis spectroscopy were employed for characterizations. Upon hydrolysis, polydiacetylene esters in the cellulosic fiber matrix were found unaffected by hydrolysis treatment, which made the composites suitable for OP sensing. Furthermore, the nanofibrous (NF) composites exhibited tensile properties suitable to be used as a textile material. Finally, the NF composites exhibited colorimetric sensing of OP, which is visible to the naked eye. This research is a landmark study toward the development of OP sensing in a protective clothing system.


Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 310
Author(s):  
Dohyeon Han ◽  
Doohwan Lee

Fine control of morphology and exposed crystal facets of porous γ-Al2O3 is of significant importance in many application areas such as functional nanomaterials and heterogeneous catalysts. Herein, a morphology controlled in situ synthesis of Al@Al2O3 core–shell architecture consisting of an Al metal core and a porous γ-Al2O3 shell is explored based on interfacial hydrothermal reactions of an Al metal substrate in aqueous solutions of inorganic anions. It was found that the morphology and structure of boehmite (γ-AlOOH) nano-crystallites grown at the Al-metal/solution interface exhibit significant dependence on temperature, type of inorganic anions (Cl−, NO3−, and SO42−), and acid–base environment of the synthesis solution. Different extents of the electrostatic interactions between the protonated hydroxyl groups on (010) and (001) facets of γ-AlOOH and the inorganic anions (Cl−, NO3−, SO42−) appear to result in the preferential growth of γ-AlOOH toward specific crystallographic directions due to the selective capping of the facets by adsorption of the anions. It is hypothesized that the unique Al@Al2O3 core–shell architecture with controlled morphology and exposed crystal-facets of the γ-Al2O3 shell can provide significant intrinsic catalytic properties with enhanced heat and mass transport to heterogeneous catalysts for applications in many thermochemical reaction processes. The direct fabrication of γ-Al2O3 nano-crystallites from Al metal substrate with in-situ modulation of their morphologies and structures into 1D, 2D, and 3D nano-architectures explored in this work is unique and can offer significant opportunities over the conventional methods.


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