Functional Finishes for Cotton‐Based Textiles: Current Situation and Future Trends

Ibrahim, Nabil A.; Eid, Basma M.; Sharaf, Samar M.

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“…This contamination occurs mostly in textiles used in hospitals, sportswear and underwear, which often may have contact with bacteria and fungi. Thus, healthcare concerns have motivated a growing interest of researchers for the development of multifunctional textiles that can inhibit the growth of microbes [ 1 ].…”

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Recent Advances on Antimicrobial and Anti-Inflammatory Cotton Fabrics Containing Nanostructures

2021

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Hydrophilic cotton textiles, used in hospitals and sportswear, are prone to the growth of microorganisms (bacteria, fungi) resulting in hygiene and health risks. Thus, healthcare concerns have motivated the interest for the development of multifunctional antimicrobial cotton fabrics. Moreover, cotton textiles are also used in medical applications such as wound dressings. Their functionalization with anti-inflammatory agents is desirable in order to accelerate cicatrisation in the treatment of chronic wounds. This review summarizes recent advances (from January 2016 to January 2021) on the modification and coating of cotton fabrics with nanostructures (mainly metal and metal oxide nanoparticles, functionalized silica nanoparticles) to provide them antimicrobial (antibacterial and antifungal) and anti-inflammatory properties.

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“…Currently, potential applications of eco‐friendly, skin‐friendly, and non‐toxic natural bioactive agents to impart high antibacterial activity and anti‐ultraviolet (UV) functionality to the treated textile materials have gained considerable attention and worldwide interest. This is done to avoid ecological problems and other negative impacts of synthetic antimicrobial agents 19‐25 . However, there is an urgent need to replace the non‐eco‐friendly colourants with environmentally benign ones, considering water, energy, and chemicals consumption, as well as product and ecology concerns 26‐28 …”

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Durable surface functionalisation and pigment coloration of cellulosic fabrics using bioactive additives

Ibrahim

El-Zairy

Eid

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Coloration Technology

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The main goal of this study is to develop a facile eco‐friendly method for antibacterial/ultraviolet (UV)‐blocking functionalisation using various green bioactive functional additives namely neem, jojoba, argan, aloe vera, ginger, and tulsi. In addition, pigment coloration of cellulosic substrates including cotton, viscose, cotton/viscose, and cotton/linen using pigment colourants and appropriate printing auxiliaries in one step was used. The experimental results revealed that the durability, improvement in the imparted antibacterial/UV‐blocking functional properties and enhancement in the depth of the obtained pigment prints followed a decreasing order: tulsi > ginger > aloe vera > argan > jojoba > neem ≫ none, keeping other parameters constant. The obtained data also demonstrated that the developed pigment prints exhibited remarkable functionalities and depth of shade after 15 washing cycles. Moreover, it was observed that improvement in the imparted functional and coloration properties were a function of types of cellulosic substrate and the kind of colourant. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and energy‐dispersive X‐ray spectroscopy (EDX) analysis for selected samples confirmed the surface modification, morphology changes and immobilisation of the used active ingredients onto the treated substrates.

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“…6 Dimethylol dihydroxyethyleneurea (DMDHEU) and other N-methylol compounds are currently the dominant crosslinking agents used for anti-wrinkle finishing due to its excellent performance and cost-effectiveness. [7][8][9][10][11][12][13] However, this kind of N-methylol compounds would release cancerogenic and toxic formaldehyde. [14][15][16] Thus, environmental concerns have given the pressure to develop more eco-friendly crosslinking agents.…”

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Established an eco-friendly cotton fabric treating process with enhancing anti-wrinkle performance

Luo

Cheng

Wang

et al. 2021

Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics

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This study establishes an eco-friendly anti-wrinkle treating process for cotton fabric. Sodium hydroxide-liquid ammonia pretreatment followed by 6% (w/w) PU100 adding citric acid pad-cure-dry finishing. In this process, citric acid (CA) was used as the fundamental crosslinking agent during finishing because it is a non-formaldehyde based, cost-effective and well wrinkle resistance agent. Environmental-friendly waterborne polyurethane (WPU) was used as an additive to add to the CA finishing solution. Six commercial WPUs were systematically investigated. Fabric properties like wrinkle resistance, tensile strength retention, whiteness, durable press, softness, and wettability were well investigated. Fourier transform infrared spectra and X-ray diffraction spectra were also measured and discussed before and after adding waterborne polyurethane. Tentative mechanism of the interaction among the WPU, CA, and modified cotton fabrics is provided. The effect of cotton fabric pretreatment on fabric performance was also investigated. After the eco-process’s treatment, the fabric wrinkle resistant angle was upgraded to 271 ± 7°, tensile strength retention was maintained at 66.77% ± 3.50% and CIE whiteness was elevated to 52.13 ± 3.21, which are much better than the traditional CA anti-wrinkle finishing based on mercerized cotton fabrics. This study provides useful information for textile researchers and engineers.

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Functional Finishes for Cotton‐Based Textiles: Current Situation and Future Trends

Cited by 32 publications

References 146 publications

Recent Advances on Antimicrobial and Anti-Inflammatory Cotton Fabrics Containing Nanostructures

Recent Advances on Antimicrobial and Anti-Inflammatory Cotton Fabrics Containing Nanostructures

Durable surface functionalisation and pigment coloration of cellulosic fabrics using bioactive additives

Established an eco-friendly cotton fabric treating process with enhancing anti-wrinkle performance

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