Soochow University

Ailing Xie

Shenzhou Lu

Tieling Xing

Guoqiang Chen

Xin Ai

The invention provides a silver-plated conductive nylon fiber and a preparation method thereof. The method includes: immersing a nylon fiber in an aqueous solution containing a polyphenolic compound at 60° C. to 70° C., adding a water-soluble oxidant into the solution, continuously reacting at 70° C. to 80° C., and obtaining a polyphenol grafted nylon fiber, where the polyphenolic compound contains a catechol group; immersing the polyphenol grafted nylon fiber into a solution containing silver ions at 15° C. to 25° C. for reaction, and raising the temperature to 70° C. to 80° C. for continuous reaction to obtain a surface-activated nylon fiber; and carrying out chemical silver plating treatment on the surface-activated nylon fiber to obtain the silver-plated conductive nylon fiber. The method does not require a heavy metal sensitizer and therefore is non-toxic and environment-friendly, and the fiber strength is maintained.

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