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Layer-by-layer assembled thin films based on fully biobased polysaccharides: chitosan and phosphorylated cellulose for flame-retardant cotton fabric

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Polyelectrolytes multilayer (PEM) films based on fully biobased polysaccharides, chitosan and phosphorylated cellulose (PCL) were deposited on the surface of cotton fabric by the layer-by-layer assembly method. Altering the concentration of PCL could modify the final loading on the surface of cotton fabrics. A higher PCL concentration (2 wt%) could result in more loading. Attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray analysis directly showed that chitosan and PCL were successfully deposited onto the surface of cotton fabric. In the vertical flame test, the cotton fabric with 20 bilayers at the higher PCL concentration (2 wt%) could extinguish the flame. Microcombustion calorimetry results showed that all coated cotton fabrics reduced the peak heat release rate (HRR) and total heat release (THR) relative to the pure one, especially for (CH0.5/PCL2)20, which showed the greatest reduction in peak HRR and THR. Thermogravimetric analysis results showed that the char residue at temperatures ranging from 400 to 700 °C was enhanced compared to that in the pure cotton fabric, especially in the case of higher PCL concentration (2 wt%). The work first provided a PEM film based on fully biobased polysaccharide, chitosan and PCL on cotton fabric to enhance its flame retardancy and thermal stability via the layer-by-layer assembly method.

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The work was financially supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (2012CB719701), National Natural Science Foundation of China (no. 51036007), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2012M511418) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (51203146).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Fire Science, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 **zhai Road, Hefei, 230026, Anhui, People’s Republic of China

    Haifeng Pan, Lei Song, Liyan Ma, Ying Pan & Yuan Hu

  2. Suzhou Key Laboratory of Urban Public Safety, Suzhou Institute of University of Science and Technology of China, 166 Ren’ai Road, Suzhou, 215123, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China

    Haifeng Pan, Kim Meow Liew & Yuan Hu

  3. Department of Building and Construction, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong

    Kim Meow Liew

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Pan, H., Song, L., Ma, L. et al. Layer-by-layer assembled thin films based on fully biobased polysaccharides: chitosan and phosphorylated cellulose for flame-retardant cotton fabric. Cellulose 21, 2995–3006 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-014-0276-5

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