The persistence of Salmonella typhimurium (V-31) on wool blanket, wool gabardine, cotton sheeting, cotton knit jersey, cotton terry cloth, and cotton wash-and-wear fabrics was studied. Three methods of exposure were employed to contaminate the fabrics: direct contact, aerosol, and a lyophilized mixture of bacteria and dust having a high content of textile fibers. After contamination, the fabric...

Polysiloxanes, which can add high softness and lubricity to treated textiles, have been proposed as softening post-finishing agents for fabric. However, the hydrophobicity of the finished fabric is not satisfactory. In this work, long-chain fluoroalkyl acrylate was used to modify the polysiloxane, aimed at improving hydrophobicity of the finished fabric and retaining its softness simultaneously...

Chemical modification of cotton-rich fabrics with TiO2 nanoparticles results in photoactive self-cleaning textiles, which can provide, under UV or solar radiation, complete oxidation low-molecular compounds, degradation supramolecular structures, and inactivation microorganisms due to the photocatalytic effect. In this paper, we describe, based on example influenza A (H1N1) virus, a photoinduce...

Electrospinning of Silica Nanofibers: Characterization and Application to Biosensing. (August 2006) Pei-Hsiang Tsou, B.S., National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan Chair of Advisory Committee: Dr. Jun Kameoka Electrospinning is a technique to achieve nanometer scale fibers. Similar to the conventional spin methods of making fabric, the viscous polymer solution is ejected from a spinneret; stretch...

Due to osteoconductivity of hydroxyapatite (HA), HA/polymer composite scaffolds have been investigated for bone tissue engineering by various groups. In scaffold fabrication, electrospinning of ultrafine fibrous scaffolds incorporated with substantial amounts of evenly distributed HA nanoparticles is still a challenge. The problem of nanoparticle agglomeration not only reduces the electrospinni...

Newfangled vinylsulfone (VS) based fiberreactive dyes were synthesized and applied to mill desized, bleached and mercerized textile fabric (100% cotton). Padthermosol dyeing method was utilized due to less hazardous environmental affects and high dye fixation to optimize dyeing quality parameters i.e. salt concentration, pH, dyeing time and dyeing temperature. The pretreated and dyed cotton fab...