What is it about?
Cellulosic fibers provide important contributions to antimicrobial textiles including protection, biodegradability, nontoxicity, comfort, and esthetics. The last decade has been a significant interest in the research studies of antimicrobial finishing of textiles and introduced interesting advancement.
Featured Image
Photo by Alfred Leung on Unsplash
Why is it important?
A number of consumer and technical textile cellulosic products having an antimicrobial finish are available in the market and their increased demand in the future is expected. The global market for consumer antimicrobial and bacterial wipes was indicated by US $8.5 and US $1.7 billion, respectively, for 2012. Similarly, the global baby diaper market will reach $52.2 billion by 2017.
Perspectives
Cellulosic fibers provide important contributions to antimicrobial textiles including protection, biodegradability, nontoxicity, comfort, and esthetics. The last decade has been a significant interest in the research studies of antimicrobial finishing of textiles and introduced interesting advancement for improved performance using variety of natural and synthetic finishing agents.
Professor Faheem Uddin
Iqra University
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: Cellulose Fibers: Antimicrobial Finishing, January 2016, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1081/e-ebpp-120049931.
You can read the full text:
Contributors
The following have contributed to this page
