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Graphene oxide (GO) dispersed in distilled water using cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) to prepare a stable solution for long-time adsorbing more and uniform GO on cellulosic/polyamide fabric. The GO-treated fabric was reduced to reduced graphene oxide (rGO) with sodium dithionite with and without sodium hydroxide and dopamine hydrochloride at various temperatures.

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The color change, energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDX), x-ray diffraction (XRD), UV reflectance, mechanical properties, electrical resistance, field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) for the surface morphology, the antibacterial properties of the fabrics against two Gram-negative (E. coli, P. aeruginosa) and two Gram-positive (S. aureus, E. faecalis) and the antifungal (the diploid fungus C. albicans) of the fabrics before and after treatment with rGO were observed. More fabricated GO reduced to rGO at higher temperature using dopamine produced lower electrical resistance, CTAB was effective to load more GO on the fabric improved electrical resistance and higher antibacterial properties using both reducing agents.

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This page is a summary of: Electro-conductivity, bioactivity and UV protection of graphene oxide-treated cellulosic/polyamide fabric using inorganic and organic reducing agents, Journal of the Textile Institute, February 2017, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/00405000.2017.1286700.
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