Durability of some antibacterial treatments to repeated home launderings

Yiqi Yang, Lucinda Corcoran, Katherine Vorlicek, Shiqi Li

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Abstract

This work investigated improving the durability of antibacterial textiles. Four common methods to produce antibacterial textiles at different conditions were examined. Using some of the processes developed in this work, the antibacterial response of the treated fabrics was maintained after 50 home launderings.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)44-49
Number of pages6
JournalTextile Chemist and Colorist and American Dyestuff Reporter
Volume32
Issue number4
StatePublished - Apr 2000
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Antibacterial finishing
  • Chlorinated Phenoxy Compound (CPC)
  • PHMB

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemical Engineering
  • Polymers and Plastics

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