Photochromic wool fabrics from a hybrid silica coating Cheng, Tong, Lin, Tong, Fang, Jian and Brady, Rex 2007, Photochromic wool fabrics from a hybrid silica coating, Textile research journal, vol. 77, no. 12, pp. 923-928, doi: 10.1177/0040517507083523. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Photochromic wool fabrics from a hybrid silica coating Author(s) Cheng, Tong Lin, Tong orcid.org/0000-0002-1003-0671 Fang, Jian orcid.org/0000-0003-2981-9733 Brady, Rex Journal name Textile research journal Volume number 77 Issue number 12 Start page 923 End page 928 Publisher Sage Science Press (UK) Place of publication London, England Publication date 2007 ISSN 0040-5175 1746-7748 Keyword(s) photochromic wool fabrics sol-gel technology surface coating Summary In this work, a photochromic wool fabric has been prepared by applying a photochromic-dye hybrid silica sol-gel onto the surface of fabric. The photochromic fabric was found to have a very quick optical response. Two types of silica were used as the matrix material, and the type of silica had a small effect only on the photochromic performance, the fabric washing fastness, and water contact angle, but affected the fabric handle property considerably. The silica from a precursor containing a long alkyl chain showed very little influence on the fabric handle and better photochromic performance than that containing a phenyl group. Language eng DOI 10.1177/0040517507083523 Field of Research 091012 Textile Technology Socio Economic Objective 970109 Expanding Knowledge in Engineering HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2007, Sage Publications Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30007430 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Centre for Material and Fibre Innovation GTP Research Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 03 Feb 2014, 13:54:33 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 08:44:11 EST Wed, 27 Aug 2014, 21:35:03 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 38 times in TR Web of Science Cited 36 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1055 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 29 Sep 2008, 08:52:01 EST