Flame-retardant surface treatments

ST Lazar, TJ Kolibaba, JC Grunlan - Nature Reviews Materials, 2020 - nature.com
Flame retardants mitigate the threat of fire from inherently flammable materials responsible
for sustaining a high standard of living. Although bulk flame retardants have proven effective …

A review on the state of flame-retardant cotton fabric: Mechanisms and applications

C Ling, L Guo, Z Wang - Industrial Crops and Products, 2023 - Elsevier
Cotton, a natural textile fiber, is widely used worldwide due to its softness, comfort,
breathability, and other properties. However, the limit oxygen index value (LOI) of cotton is …

Superhydrophobic self-extinguishing cotton fabrics for electromagnetic interference shielding and human motion detection

L Liu, Z Ma, M Zhu, L Liu, J Dai, Y Shi, J Gao… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Multifunctional intelligent fire-safe cotton fabric promises next-generation fire-fighting
uniform and sensor applications. However, cotton fabrics' hygroscopicity and intrinsic …

Biomolecules as green flame retardants: recent progress, challenges, and opportunities

SH Jeong, CH Park, H Song, JH Heo, JH Lee - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Numerous flame retardants (FRs) have been researched since the 1900s to improve the fire-
resistance performance of materials used in construction, industrial production, and daily …

Intumescence: Tradition versus novelty. A comprehensive review

J Alongi, Z Han, S Bourbigot - Progress in Polymer Science, 2015 - Elsevier
The objective of current research on intumescent formulations is on consolidated
approaches for conferring flame retardancy properties to polymers and polymer blends …

Bio-based phytic acid-induced polypyrrole/silver nanowires coating towards multifunctional nylon/cotton blend fabrics

J Liu, P Qi, J Zhang, X Liu, F Chen, H Li, X Gu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The functional flexible wearable textiles have a broad application prospect in many areas.
However, considering the physical and chemical effects among various additives, it is still a …

Strategies to reduce the flammability of organic phase change Materials: A review

ZM Png, XYD Soo, MH Chua, PJ Ong, A Suwardi… - Solar energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Organic Phase Change Materials (oPCMs) are practical and efficient materials in
regulating temperature changes, with broad applications including building material, textiles …

Phosphorylated cellulose nanofibrils: a renewable nanomaterial for the preparation of intrinsically flame-retardant materials

M Ghanadpour, F Carosio, PT Larsson… - …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Cellulose from wood fibers can be modified for use in flame-retardant composites as an
alternative to halogen-based compounds. For this purpose, sulfite dissolving pulp fibers …

High-efficiency flame retardants of a P–N-Rich polyphosphazene elastomer nanocoating on cotton fabric

Z Miao, D Yan, T Zhang, F Yang, S Zhang… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Modification by intumescent flame retardants is an effective way to impart antiflame
properties to fabric materials. Polyphosphazene elastomers contain all three elements …

Bio-based flame-retardant coatings based on the synergistic combination of tannic acid and phytic acid for nylon–cotton blends

S Kulkarni, Z Xia, S Yu, W Kiratitanavit… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Natural and synthetic polymeric fibers are used extensively in making fabrics for a variety of
civilian and military applications. Due to the durability and comfort, nyco, a 50–50% blend of …