Development of PET Fabrics Containing N-halamine Compounds with Durable Antibacterial Property

Antibacterial textile materials are widely used in daily life, but most are disposable products with poor antibacterial durability. N-halamine can rapidly inactivate microorganisms, has good stability, and shows great potential applications in antibacterial fabrics. In this study, an N-halamine mono...

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Published inFibers and polymers Vol. 23; no. 2; pp. 413 - 422
Main Authors Ding, Fang, Zhang, Shumin, Ren, Xuehong, Huang, Tung-Shi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Seoul The Korean Fiber Society 01.02.2022
Springer Nature B.V
한국섬유공학회
Subjects
Antibacterial materials
Chemistry
Chemistry and Materials Science
Deactivation
Durability
E coli
Fabrics
Microorganisms
Polymer Sciences
Storage stability
Ultraviolet radiation
섬유공학
Durability
Washing stability
Antibacterial
PET fabrics
N-halamine
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Summary:Antibacterial textile materials are widely used in daily life, but most are disposable products with poor antibacterial durability. N-halamine can rapidly inactivate microorganisms, has good stability, and shows great potential applications in antibacterial fabrics. In this study, an N-halamine monomer precursor was synthesized and treated onto PET fabrics. The treated PET fabrics were rendered antibacterial functionality after chlorination, and exhibited good antibacterial properties with inactivation rate of 100.0 % for both E. coli O157:H7 and S. aureus. After 50 wash cycles, the chlorinated treated PET fabrics could maintain 80.0 % antibacterial efficacy, demonstrating durable antibacterial properties. Storage stability and UV irradiation tests showed that the treated PET fabrics had remarkable regenerable properties. The reduction of the breaking strength was within 12 % after treatment, which is in a satisfying range in antimicrobial finishing.
ISSN:1229-9197
1875-0052
DOI:10.1007/s12221-021-0448-5