Electroless plating process for the manufacture of radiation protection suits for pregnant woman: Effect of bending on its electromagnetic shielding performance. Issue 2 (June 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gui, Chengmei; Sun, Di; Liu, Wenya; Ma, Haodong; Chen, Zhenming; Li, Peng; Huang, Junjun
• Is Part Of: Journal of industrial textiles. Volume 51:Issue 2(2022)Supplement
• Page Start: 3176S
• Page End: 3187S
• Publication Date: 2022-06
• Subjects: Deposition -- interfaces -- electronic materials -- electroless plating; Textile fabrics -- Periodicals; Textile industry -- Periodicals; 677.005
• DOI: 10.1177/15280837211068205
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1528-0837

Abstract

Multi-ion fabrics (especially silver ion fabrics) have special advantages as electromagnetic radiation, but the use of noble metals enhances its cost. Electroless nickel plating (EP-Ni) has great potential application in fabricating low-cost metallized material. Here, EP-Ni on pure cotton surface to fabricate radiation protection suits for pregnant woman was established to replace traditional protection suits with silver film. The active groups on the cotton/polyester blend fiber surface could absorb tin and palladium ions, acting as catalytic centers, which can catalyze the reduction of Ni2+ in the plating solution. Ni particle with (111) crystal plane preferential oriented crystal structure deposited on cotton surface with a coarse microstructure. The Ni deposited amount is about 19%. The fabricated material exhibited a shielding effectiveness of 29.5 dB. Studies also shown that bending has no negative effect on crystallinity and electrical property. But more bending times could lead to crack, which would decline electromagnetic shielding performance by 24%.