Immobilization of Insecticidal and Repellant Additives on Synthetic Polymeric Supports

A promising solution to the development of insecticidal polymer fibers is to incorporate insecticidal and repellant additives into polyester fibers through a crazing mechanism during oriented stretching. The additives repel harmful insects from plants, pets, man, and their habitats. The basis for th...

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Published inFibre chemistry Vol. 45; no. 3; pp. 140 - 144
Main Authors Lashkina, E. V., Ermolovich, O. A., Pinchuk, L. S., Gol’dade, V. A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston Springer US 01.09.2013
Springer
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Chemistry
Chemistry and Materials Science
Organic Chemistry
Polymer Sciences
Polymers
Surface active agents
Pyrethrin
Polyester Fiber
Open Storage
Deltamethrin
Cypermethrin
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Summary:A promising solution to the development of insecticidal polymer fibers is to incorporate insecticidal and repellant additives into polyester fibers through a crazing mechanism during oriented stretching. The additives repel harmful insects from plants, pets, man, and their habitats. The basis for this is the prolonged slow release of liquids incorporated in them from crazes of the polymer matrix that occurs over the course of many months and years. Crazes are formed more extensively in polymer matrices in liquid media containing surfactants. The repelling action of an experimental batch of insecticidal polymer fibers was evaluated. It was found that modified fibers retained high repellant capability with respect to Xenopsylla cheopis (CRA > 75%) during 14 d of storage in open air.
ISSN:0015-0541
1573-8493
DOI:10.1007/s10692-013-9497-x