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J Nanopart Res (2008) 10:679–689 DOI 10.1007/s11051-007-9318-3 RESEARCH PAPER Synthesis and characterization of zinc oxide nanoparticles: application to textiles as UV-absorbers ¨ Alessio Becheri Æ Maximilian Durr Æ Pierandrea Lo Nostro Æ Piero Baglioni Received: 16 July 2007 / Accepted: 30 September 2007 / Published online: 30 October 2007 Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007 Abstract We report the synthesis and characteriza- Introduction tion of nanosized zinc oxide particles and their application on cotton and wool fabrics for UV The application of nanoparticles to textile materials shielding. The nanoparticles were produced in dif- has been the object of several studies aimed at ferent conditions of temperature (90 or 150 C) and producing finished fabrics with different perfor- reacting medium (water or 1,2-ethanediol). A high mances. For example nano-Ag has been used for temperature was necessary to obtain small monodi- imparting antibacterial properties (Lee et al. 2003; ´ spersed particles. Fourier transformed infrared Duran et al. 2007), nano-TiO2 for UV-blocking and spectroscopy (FTIR), transmission electron micros- self-cleaning properties (Xin et al. 2004; Fei et al. copy (TEM), and X-ray powder diffractometry 2006; Qi et al. 2007) and ZnO nanoparticles for (XRD) were used to characterize the nanoparticles antibacterial and UV-blocking properties (Wang composition, their shape, size and crystallinity. The et al. 2004; Baglioni et al. 2003; Wang et al. 2005; specific surface ar