Sustainable antimicrobial finishes for Textiles from natural bio-extracts and conductive polymers
Sustainable antimicrobial finishes for Textiles
Abstract
Textile fabrics made of natural fibres such as cotton, wool, silk etc. are liable to microbial attack and as a result they are found risky for various health and hygienic applications as well as for daily use. Therefore, there are researches going on in various dimension for preparation of anti-microbial textiles. Other than conventional methods of preparation of the same by treating textiles with some inorganic agents like CuCl2, quaternary ammonium salts, halamines etc. there are sustainable method by coating textiles with natural bio-extracts such as neem, aloe vera, tulshi etc. as well as most recently, coating with conductive polymers like polypyrrole, polyaniline etc. and which are found very promising as a sustainable and green approach.
