Fabrication of multifunctional textiles with durable antibacterial property and efficient oil-water separation via in situ growth of zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) on cotton fabric

Facile construction of multifunctional fabrics with durability still remains a challenge in the past decade. In this work, we report a facile fabrication of non-fluorinated superhydrophobic and antibacterial cotton fabric surfaces via in situ growing zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) nanocrystals on cotton fibers under room temperature condition and subsequently coating with polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). The surface morphology and chemical...