Construction of Layer-by-Layer assembled chitosan/titanate nanotubes based nanocoating on cotton fabrics: flame retardant performance and combustion behavior

Haifeng Pan †,‡ , Wei Wang †, Ying Pan † , Wenru Zeng †, Jing Zhan† , Lei Song*,† , Yuan Hu*,†,‡ , Kim Meow Liew ‡,§

† State Key Laboratory of Fire Science, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China.

‡ Suzhou Key Laboratory of Urban Public Safety, Suzhou Institute of University of Science and Technology of China, 166 Ren’ai Road, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, People's Republic of China.

§ Department of Building and Construction, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue Kowloon, Hong Kong.

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E-mail address: (Yuan Hu); (Lei Song).

Fig. S1 FTIR spectra of chitosan and titanate nanotubes.