Fabrication of superhydrophobic and antibacterial surface on cotton fabric by doped silica- based sols with nanoparticles of copper

The study discussed the synthesis of silica sol using the sol-gel method, doped with two different amounts of Cu nanoparticles. Cotton fabric samples were impregnated by the prepared sols and then dried and cured. To block hydroxyl groups, some samples were also treated with hexadecyltrimethoxysilan... View More