Preliminary Assessment of Commercial Antibacterial Finishes on Knitted Fabrics from Recycled Cotton and Polyester

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41310%2F25%3A106085" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41310/25:106085 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/ma18235319" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.3390/ma18235319</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma18235319" target="_blank" >10.3390/ma18235319</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Preliminary Assessment of Commercial Antibacterial Finishes on Knitted Fabrics from Recycled Cotton and Polyester

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Recycled materials are employed in several areas to reduce the environmental burden. Therefore, recycling textiles is a vast domain being investigated by several researchers. Functionalization of textiles using active nanomaterials is a growing area of interest nowadays. However, functionalized textiles with antibacterial properties still do not employ the incorporation of recycled materials. The huge consumer need for different types of functional textiles necessitates a focus on recycled textiles in this area. Hence, this research focuses on the development of metal oxide nanoparticle-functionalized antibacterial textiles using recycled cotton and polyester yarns. Two different finishes have been used with a 50:50 ratio. Using a two-fold approach, antibacterial finishes were applied during both the yarn and fabric stages to analyze the differences in performance. Agar plate qualitative antibacterial analysis revealed efficient antibacterial function both before and after commercial laundering. However, thermo-physiological comfort properties were found to be variable for recycled yarn types and finishing stages. The air permeability of fabric-finished specimens was found to be about 47% lower than yarn-finished specimens owing to reduced porosities. However, the overall moisture management capability (OMMC) index was found to be 21% higher than that of yarn-finished specimens. Among serviceability parameters, bursting strength was found to decrease with increasing concentration, as the finishing treatments made the yarns crispier which eventually compromised yarn strength.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Preliminary Assessment of Commercial Antibacterial Finishes on Knitted Fabrics from Recycled Cotton and Polyester

Popis výsledku anglicky

Recycled materials are employed in several areas to reduce the environmental burden. Therefore, recycling textiles is a vast domain being investigated by several researchers. Functionalization of textiles using active nanomaterials is a growing area of interest nowadays. However, functionalized textiles with antibacterial properties still do not employ the incorporation of recycled materials. The huge consumer need for different types of functional textiles necessitates a focus on recycled textiles in this area. Hence, this research focuses on the development of metal oxide nanoparticle-functionalized antibacterial textiles using recycled cotton and polyester yarns. Two different finishes have been used with a 50:50 ratio. Using a two-fold approach, antibacterial finishes were applied during both the yarn and fabric stages to analyze the differences in performance. Agar plate qualitative antibacterial analysis revealed efficient antibacterial function both before and after commercial laundering. However, thermo-physiological comfort properties were found to be variable for recycled yarn types and finishing stages. The air permeability of fabric-finished specimens was found to be about 47% lower than yarn-finished specimens owing to reduced porosities. However, the overall moisture management capability (OMMC) index was found to be 21% higher than that of yarn-finished specimens. Among serviceability parameters, bursting strength was found to decrease with increasing concentration, as the finishing treatments made the yarns crispier which eventually compromised yarn strength.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

20501 - Materials engineering

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Materials

ISSN

1996-1944

e-ISSN

1996-1944

Svazek periodika

18

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

NOV 25 2025

Stát vydavatele periodika

CH - Švýcarská konfederace

Počet stran výsledku

23

Strana od-do

—

Kód UT WoS článku

001635050800001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105024549268