Dyeing and improvement of antimicrobial characteristics of polyester/cotton blend fabrics

摘要

Recent advances in textile chemistry have approached textile surface modification to impart antimicrobial activity. The present work aims to evaluate and improve the antimicrobial activity of the treated polyester/cotton blend fabrics with an environmental process using gamma rays and chitosan as a natural cationic agent as well as to study their affect on the physical properties such as the tensile strength, the elongation and the crease recovery of the fabrics used. Anionic dyes (direct, reactive, acid) were applied to polyester/cotton fabrics depending on the treatment used.