Jute is a strong, stiff, natural fiber. When blended with cotton it makes a sturdy but prickly fabric due to protruding surface jute fibers. Samples of jute-cotton blended fabric were treated with commercial cellulases, xylanases and pectinases individually and in combination at various concentrations in order to smooth and soften the fabric. Enzyme treatment was carried out at 50°C in the pres...

This study focused on the mechanical and morphological properties of lignocellulosic heritage textiles (cotton hemp) made using eco-friendly salvia thyme microencapsulated essential oils, characterized by low toxicity for humans environment. A evaluation tested fabrics was performed scanning electron microscopy. The ATR–FTIR spectra untreated treated fabric samples were Perkin Elmer, Spectrum 3...

In this paper the effect of whiteness attribute of white substrates on blackness property of black coated fabrics is investigated. To this aim, four cotton fabrics with different whiteness and tint attributes are used as white substrates. To prepare a set of black samples, various concentrations of four color pigments, i.e., red, green, blue and yellow, were mixed with the black one and applied...

Overview of the Ghana Textile Industry primarily shows a predominant cotton fabric manufacturing sector with absolute reliance on cotton as the major raw material for production. The Ghana Cotton Company Limited (GCCL) and other privately owned ginneries in the Northern Region have, in the past, been the major suppliers of lint cotton to the textile factories with occasional imports to support ...

BACKGROUND Clothing is largely presumed as being the mechanism by which house dust mites are distributed among locations in homes, yet little research to date has investigated the capacity with which various clothing fabric types serve as vectors for their accumulation and dispersal. Although previous research has indicated that car seats provide a habitat for mite populations, dynamics involve...

Our research was focused on the evaluation of the photocatalytic and antimicrobial properties, as well as biocompatibility of cotton fabrics coated with fresh and reused dispersions of nanoscaled TiO₂-1% Fe-N particles prepared by the hydrothermal method and post-annealed at 400 °C. The powders were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Mössbauer spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectro...

BACKGROUND Wearable textile electrodes for the detection of biopotentials are a promising tool for the monitoring and early diagnosis of chronic diseases. We present a comparative study of the electrical characteristics of four textile electrodes manufactured from common fabrics treated with a conductive polymer, a commercial fabric, and disposable Ag/AgCl electrodes. These characteristics will...

Cotton is an affordable and durable option for clothing. However, cotton garments tend to wrinkle easily. Therefore, fabrics were studied improve their resistance properties. In this work, curcumin was mixed in aqueous solution of citric acid its catalyst applied fabric using pad-dry-cure process both the dyeing finishing Aloe vera extract chitosan used compare reaction functional groups with c...

Abstract Moisture absorption is a crucial property of cotton fabrics, as it directly affects their comfort and performance in various applications, well fabric’s degradation. While the moisture ability fibres has been extensively studied, influence geometric, structural, mass characteristics fabrics on capacity remains less explored. Therefore, this paper aims to investigate relationship betwee...