Malaysian Journal of Analytical Sciences Vol 25 No 5 (2021): 882 - 894

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLES AND NANOCHITOSAN TO ENHANCE THE LIGHT FASTNESS OF COTTON DYED WITH NATURAL INDIGO

 

(Aplikasi Zink Oksida Nanopartikel dan Nano Kitosan untuk Meningkatkan Ketahanan Pudar Kain yang Diwarnai Indigo Asli)

 

Renung Reningtyas^1,2, Edia Rahayuningsih^1,3*, Yuni Kusumastuti¹, Indriana Kartini^3,4

 

¹Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,

Universitas Gadjah Mada, 55281 Yogyakarta, Indonesia

² Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Engineering,

Universitas Pembangunan Nasional “Veteran” Yogyakarta, 55283 Yogyakarta, Indonesia

³Indonesia Natural Dye Institute, Integrated Research and Testing Laboratory,

⁴Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences,

Universitas Gadjah Mada, 55281 Yogyakarta, Indonesia

 

*Corresponding author:  edia_rahayu@ugm.ac.id

 

 

Received:  15 July 2021; Accepted: 11 October 2021; Published:  25 October 2021

 

 

Abstract

The use of eco-friendly natural dyes with lower environment impact is getting more interest. Indigo dye is one of the most popular natural dyes and has been used for textile dyeing since ages. The lower light fastness of natural indigo dye compared with blue synthetic dye has been a major disadvantage of its use in the textile industry. In this study, zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnONPs) synthesized using simple precipitation method were applied as an anti-UV agent to protect the color of natural indigo dyed cotton. To increase the adsorption of ZnONPs in cotton, nanochitosan coating was applied before ZnONPs coating. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were conducted to characterize the crystallinity, shape and size of the produced ZnO. The particle size distribution of ZnONPs and nanochitosan was measured using the dynamic light scattering technique. The amount of ZnO adsorbed in cotton, coated with and without nanochitosan were measured using energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) and X-ray fluorescence (XRF). Applying nanochitosan coating before ZnONPs coating could increase the amount of ZnO adsorbed in cotton up to fourfold. The ability of ZnONPs as anti-UV agent to protect color of dyed cotton was measured by the photofading test. The photofading test was performed under UV-A light exposure and the color difference of cotton samples before and after 144 h irradiation was measured based on CIELAB value. Cotton dyed with natural indigo and coated with nanochitosan and ZnONP has a lowest color difference, indicating the increasing of light fastness provided by ZnONPs.

 

Keywords:  zinc oxide nanoparticles, nanochitosan, natural indigo dye, adsorption, fading

 

Abstrak

Penggunaan pewarna asli dengan kesan yang lebih rendah terhadap alam sekitar semakin menarik dikembangkan. Pewarna indigo adalah salah satu pewarna asli yang popular dan telah digunakan untuk pewarnaan tekstil sejak zaman dahulu. Ketahanan cahaya pewarna indigo yang lebih rendah berbanding dengan pewarna sintetik telah menjadi kelemahan utama penggunaannya dalam industri tekstil. Dalam kajian ini, Zink oksida nanopartikel (ZnONPs) yang disintesis dengan kaedah pemendakan sederhana digunakan sebagai agen anti-UV untuk melindungi warna indigo pada kain kapas. Untuk meningkatkan penjerapan ZnONP, lapisan nano kitosan digunakan sebelum lapisan ZnONPs. Pembelauan sinar-X (XRD) dan mikroskop elektron transmisi (TEM) digunakan untuk mencirikan penghabluran, bentuk dan ukuran ZnO yang dihasilkan. Taburan ukuran zarah ZnONP dan nano kitosan diukur dengan teknik penyebaran cahaya dinamik (DLS). Jumlah ZnO yang diserap dalam kapas, dilapisi dengan dan tanpa nano-kitosan diukur menggunakan sinar-X pendafluoran (XRF). Salutan nano kitosan sebelum pelapisan ZnONP dapat meningkatkan jumlah ZnO yang diserap dalam kain kapas hingga empat kali. Ujian pudar dilakukan di bawah cahaya UV-A dan hasil sebelum dan setelah penyinaran selama 144 jam diukur dengan nilai CIELAB. Kain kapas yang diwarnai dengan indigo asli dan telah dilapisi nano-kitosan dan ZnONP mempunyai perbezaan warna yang paling rendah. Hal ini menunjukkan peningkatan daya tahan cahaya dapat disediakan oleh ZnONPs.

 

Kata kunci:  zink oksida nanopartikel, nano-kitosan, indigo asli, jerapan, pudar

 

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