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 …

Flame retardant polymer materials: An update and the future for 3D printing developments

H Vahabi, F Laoutid, M Mehrpouya, MR Saeb… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Fire safety has become a major concern due to the ubiquitous use of polymers. The
development of flame retardant polymer materials has consequently experienced a huge …

Highly efficient, transparent, and environment-friendly flame-retardant coating for cotton fabric

W Rao, J Shi, C Yu, HB Zhao, YZ Wang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Environmentally friendly flame-retardant coatings for fabrics urgently need to have both high
efficiency and transparency, but their development faces severe challenges. In this study, we …

Bio-based flame retardants: When nature meets fire protection

L Costes, F Laoutid, S Brohez, P Dubois - Materials Science and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Fire retardancy of polymeric materials is a subject of major preoccupation due to the need to
minimize fire risk and meet fire safety requirements. Numerous efficient conventional flame …

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 …

Flammability behaviour of wood and a review of the methods for its reduction

LA Lowden, TR Hull - Fire science reviews, 2013 - Springer
Wood is one of the most sustainable, aesthetically pleasing and environmentally benign
materials. Not only is wood often an integral part of structures, it is also the main source of …

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 …

Novel high-efficiency casein-based P–N-containing flame retardants with multiple reactive groups for cotton fabrics

F Xu, L Zhong, C Zhang, P Wang… - ACS Sustainable …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Novel, high-efficiency, and halogen-free flame retardants with reactive groups, casein-based
FRs, were synthesized based on a casein hydrolysis solution for cotton fabrics. After treated …

Review on flammability of biofibres and biocomposites

ME Mngomezulu, MJ John, V Jacobs, AS Luyt - Carbohydrate polymers, 2014 - Elsevier
The subject on flammability properties of natural fibre-reinforced biopolymer composites has
not been broadly researched. This is not only evidenced by the minimal use of biopolymer …

Current emerging techniques to impart flame retardancy to fabrics: an overview

J Alongi, F Carosio, G Malucelli - Polymer Degradation and Stability, 2014 - Elsevier
The present paper is aimed to review the state of the art on the novel and emerging
techniques recently developed in the textile field for conferring flame retardant properties to …