Zinc oxide (ZnO) and titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles (NPs) are prepared from theirsalts in form of aqueous suspensions to provide multifunctional cellulosic substrate.ZnONPs and TiO2-NPs are obtained in the range of 3–5nm and 8–15nm,respectively.Preparedsuspensions are loaded onto knitted cotton fabrics and fxed using reactive softener and/orcitric acid.Antimicrobial activity,ultraviolet protection (UPF) and self-cleaning in respectto metal oxides add-on to the fabrics are investigated.Fabrics treated with ZnO-NPs for 10 gl?1(white fabrics) and 5g l?1(dyed fabrics) were cidal for both gram negative and positivebacteria.Using 5g l?1TiO2-NPs in the presence of reactive softener has a bacteriostatic effectand showed a decent bacteria reduction.TiO2-NPs showed the better UPF values than thoseof ZnO treated fabrics when it compared to the same fabric structure.Discoloration values ofTiO2-NPs treated fabrics showed superior color fading over the ZnO-NPs treated samples.
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