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  • Electrophoretic deposition behavior of ZnO nanoparticles and their properties on conductive fabrics 
  • Yoonsung Chunga, Hyejin Parka, Sung Baek Chob, Young Soo Yoonc,** and Dong-Joo Kima,*
  • a Materials Research and Education Center, 275 Wilmore Lab, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849, USA b Advanced Technology Research Center, Agency for Defense Development, Yuseong, Daejeon 305-600, Korea c Department of Environment and Energy Engineering, Gachon University, 1342 Seongnam Daero, Seongnam, Gyeonggi 461-701, Korea
Abstract
Uniform coating of ZnO nanoparticles on copper coated-polyester fabric was obtained by electrophoretic deposition (EPD). Deposition rate on the fabrics and plates were examined using a kinetic equation. Fabric gives more deposit weight than flat substrate due to rough surface or high surface area. The morphologies and structure of the deposited ZnO layers showed uniform deposition without preferred orientation on both substrates, but a higher deposition rate results in cracks on the surface after drying. The results by PL, UV transmission, and Raman presents slight decrease of bandgap and the shift of Raman peak due to smaller particle size in the as-deposit ZnO films.

Keywords: EPD; Conductive fabric; ZnO nanoparticle

This Article

  • 2014; 15(5): 331-335

    Published on Oct 31, 2014