Antistatic silk fabric through sericin swelling-fixing treatment with aminated carbon nanotubes

In this paper, antistatic silk fabrics through sericin swelling-fixing treatment with aminated carbon nanotubes were prepared. The influence of aminated carbon nanotubes concentration on antistatic property of silk fabrics was investigated. Silk fabrics were characterized by scanning electron microscope (SEM), attenuated total reflection spectroscopy (ATR-IR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and static voltage half-life period test. The results showed that the aminated carbon nanotubes were immobilized on the surface of silk fabrics successfully and there was no change of the beta-sheet structure of treated silk fabric compared to the untreated silk fabric. Furthermore, the treated silk fabrics exhibited excellent antistatic property by the test of static voltage half-life period. Thus, the application prospect of silk fabric can be broaden.