Layer-by-Layer Photocatalytic Assembly for Solar Light-Activated Self-Decontaminating Textiles.

Novel photocatalytic nanomaterials that can be used to functionalize textiles, conferring to them efficient solar-light-activated properties for the decontamination of toxic and lethal agents, are described. Textiles functionalized with one-dimensional (1D) SnS-based nanomaterials were used for photocatalytic applications for the first time. We showed that 1D SnS/TiO nanocomposites can be easily and strongly affixed onto textiles using the layer-by-layer deposition method.