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Cotton fabric is a woven or knitted textile built from twisted cellulose fibres, and it remains the most widely used apparel substrate. Its properties come from the fibre structure: the lumen and the convolutions give moisture uptake and a soft hand, while the crystalline cellulose provides strength [1]. The natural waxes and pectins on the raw fibre must be removed by scouring and bleaching before dyeing, and the finishing sequence determines the final whiteness and absorbency [2]. Functional finishing adds flame retardancy, antimicrobial behaviour, or water repellency, usually at the cost of tensile strength because the treatment also attacks the cellulose chain [3]. Grafting monomers onto the fibre surface is an alternative that leaves the bulk structure largely intact [4]. Durability of the finish to repeated laundering, rather than the initial performance, is the property that most often fails [5].

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  2. Alebeid, O.K.; Zhao, T. Simultaneous dyeing and functional finishing of cotton fabric using reactive dyes doped with TiO2nano-sol. The Journal of The Textile Institute 2016, 107, 625-635. [CrossRef]
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