Abstract:The transport of intensity equation (TIE) technique is used to investigate the effect of stretching and annealing conditions on the optical features and antimicrobial activity of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fibers treated with TiO
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nanoparticles. The main core of this paper gets the most preferable optical and mechanical properties for PET/TiO
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fiber which maintains its antibacterial activity. The variation of the refractive index of untreated PET/TiO
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