Development of durable antibacterial textile fabrics for application in healthcare environment
Recently,there has been an increase in the development of functional textiles with antibacterial effect to airborne bio-particles and micro-organism in health and medical sectors.The inhibition of the growth of microbes in textile material surface can be achieved through biocidal approach and biostatic approach.In this study,we developed a healthcare textile with durable antibacterial activityvia optimizing theconventional and commercialized antimicrobial agent polybiguanide derivative-poly(hexamethylenebiguanide (PHMB).Pad-dry-cure method was used to coat the PHMB on the cotton fabrics.The durability for household laundering of the fabric samples was evaluated in detail.The effects of household commercial detergent and washing cycles were also discussed.It was found that the optimum finishing condition can impart the fabrics with excellent durability for household washing.The antibacterial behavior is still satisfactory after 104 washing cycles.Furthermore,both household washing and coating treatment were found to have negative influence on the hand feel and tearing strength properties of cotton fabrics.
healthcare textile antibacterial property handfeel value washing durability
Wen-Yi Wang Chi-Wai Kan
Institute of Textiles and Clothing, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
国际会议
2019上海纺织服装创意创新研究生学术论坛暨第十三届纺织服装创新国际论坛
上海
英文
63-69
2019-10-23（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）