Giving Improved and New Properties to Fibrous Materials by Surface Modification
, Olga I. Odintsova 2, Varvara E. Rumyantseva 3,4, Evgeniy V. Rumyantsev 3 and Viktoriya S. Konovalova 3
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The review summarizes the results of research published in recent decades on the main directions of functionalization of fibrous materials using surface modification.The methods of preliminary activation of the surface of fibrous materials are described allowing to increase the adhesion of modifiers. Following revisions are required to be addressed.
1- English of the manuscript needs polishing.
2- The literature review is required to be enriched by citing and commenting on the below articles focusing on CNT-coated carbon fibers: [International Journal of Engineering Science 130 (2018) 215–229]; [International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 124 (2018) 190–200].
3- The effect of functionalization of nanoparticles on the fiber coating should be more reviewed.
4- A brief discussion about the quality of dispersing nano-coating on the fibers may be added to the manuscript.
5- Which material can be used as the better type of nano-coating for fibers?
Author Response
Dear reviewer!
Thank you for a detailed analysis of our work. We will try to answer your questions and comments.
Point 1. English of the manuscript needs polishing.
Response 1. We tried to edit the text of the article.
Point 2. The literature review is required to be enriched by citing and commenting on the below articles focusing on CNT-coated carbon fibers: [International Journal of Engineering Science 130 (2018) 215–229]; [International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 124 (2018) 190–200].
Response 2. These articles are cited in the last paragraph of the part "Conclusions" (page 11), references 278,281. Comments added to the review are highlighted in red.
Point 3. The effect of functionalization of nanoparticles on the fiber coating should be more reviewed.
Response 3. The studies analyzed in the review are structured according to the properties given to fibrous materials.Therefore, the works devoted to the use of functionalized nanoparticles are described in sufficient detail in different parts of the review.Thus, nanoparticles of titanium dioxide and zinc oxide functionalized with aminosilane, iron oxide, gold and silver are used to impart photochemical activity to fibrous materials (references 4, 46, 47, 86, 100, 171-179).In the part devoted to hydrophobization of fibrous materials, the third paragraph on page 10 (references 250-262) describes the use of functionalized nanoparticles.
Point 4. A brief discussion about the quality of dispersing nano-coating on the fibers may be added to the manuscript.
Response 4. Almost all coatings formed on fibrous materials using nanoparticles are dispersed. In this regard, there are problems of their resistance to friction and washing. We consider these issues very important and discuss them in all sections of the review.
Point 4. Which material can be used as the better type of nano-coating for fibers?
Response 5. There is no definite answer to this question. To choose a coating material, it is important what properties we want to give to the fibrous material, what is the chemical nature of the fibrous material (cellulose, polyester, polypropylene, aramid, etc.), what type of fibrous material (fiber, fabric, non-woven fabric, knitwear, fiber-based composite), under what conditions it will be used (outdoors, indoors as a finishing material, work wear or fashionable clothes will be sewn from it), etc.It should also take into account the cost of the material for nanocoating and the complexity or simplicity of the technology of its formation. Therefore, the question of choosing a material for nanocoating is solved individually in each case based on the available literature data.
Reviewer 2 Report
I think this review is good for providing various durabilities of surface treatments. I would like to recommend to accept this review for publicasion in this journal.
I would like to recommend authors to describe approach using numerical simulations, i.e. molecular simulations, for interface mechanism,
To developd appropriate surface treatment method, numerical simulation can be powerful tool to find it.
Author Response
Dear reviewer!
Thank you for your good response and very helpful recommendation. We have added a paragraph to the "Conclusions" dedicated to the works on mathematical modeling of the properties of fibrous materials with modifying coatings. Since fibrous materials are very complex objects, unfortunately, there are few such works.
Reviewer 3 Report
The paper “Giving improved and new properties to fibrous materials by surface modification” is a well written review. The present review systematizes scientific works on the main areas of surface modification of fibrous materials published over the past 20 years and focus mainly on the fibrous materials antimicrobial properties, photoactivity, ability to protect against ultraviolet radiation and hydrophobicity.
The 277 references cover spherically the subject, but attention has to be given to the format of the references, most of the publishing dates are next to the magazine without space.
The introduction is informative and covers the research aspects of surface modification of fibrous materials but according to my opinion a paragraph need to be added about the fibrous materials that will be focus, natural or synthetic fibrous materials or even mixtures of these?
The titles of the sessions 3,4,5,6 starts with the word “giving” which can be deleted because the title of the paper begins also with the “giving”. The mentioned titles can be changed to “Antimicrobial properties“, Photoactivity, protection against UV radiation and hydrophobical properties or sth similar, which are more proper.
Author Response
Dear reviewer!
Thank you for your good response.We will try to answer your comments.
Point 1.The 277 references cover spherically the subject, but attention has to be given to the format of the references, most of the publishing dates are next to the magazine without space.
Response 1. Thank you for the identified flaw. Necessary corrections have been made to References.
Point 2. The introduction is informative and covers the research aspects of surface modification of fibrous materials but according to my opinion a paragraph need to be added about the fibrous materials that will be focus, natural or synthetic fibrous materials or even mixtures of these?
Response 2. Currently, there is a predominant increase in the consumption of chemical fibers. We added information about this to the Introduction in the first paragraph (highlighted in red) on page 2.
Point 3. The titles of the sessions 3,4,5,6 starts with the word “giving” which can be deleted because the title of the paper begins also with the “giving”. The mentioned titles can be changed to “Antimicrobial properties“, Photoactivity, protection against UV radiation and hydrophobical properties or sth similar, which are more proper.
Response 3. We have changed the sections titles in accordance with your comment.
