SHALINI RUKHAYA*, NEELAM M. ROSE, SAROJ YADAV
Journal of Polymer Materials, Vol.38, No.3-4, pp. 179-190, 2021, DOI:10.32381/JPM.2021.38.3-4.1
Abstract The present study was conducted to develop aroma wool fabric using microencapsulated vetiver
essential oil without deteriorating the fabric properties. SEM analysis of the treated wool fabric
depicted adhesion of numerous microcapsules of spherical shape and FTIR analysis indicated
presence of different functional groups on the fabric. The aroma treatment improved most of
the tested physical properties of wool fabric. Aroma treated fabric displayed good antimoth
efficacy in terms of weight reduction (7.57%) and moth mortality (40%). Treated wool fabric also
exhibited antibacterial activity with 63.45 and 61.37 percent reduction in bacterial growth against
S. aureus and E.coli, respectively. The… More >
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