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The release of antimicrobial through the wash- off liquor of the finished fibrous article would introduce the hazard to aquatic life. END USE Antimicrobial nanocoating can be applied by spraying or dipping and adhere to various surfaces such as glass, metals and various alloys, copper and stainless steel, marble and stone slabs, ceramics and tiles, textiles and plastics. Various products made up of polymer can incorporate these agents at its molten stage which can help in long lasting functioning of these nano particles.
CONCLUSION With advent of new technologies, the growing needs of the consumer in the wake of health and hygiene can be fulfilled without compromising the issues related to safety, human health and environment. Scientists all over the globe are working in the area and a few of them reported to have used antimicrobial finishes and chemicals to make the fabric having antimicrobial properties. To carve a niche for textile materials, this kind of value adding finishes in our day to day garments are the need of the hour. Bibliography Zeynep Ustaoglu Iyigundogdu, Okan Demir, Ayla Burcin Asutay, Fikrettin Sahin. (2016). Developing Novel Antimicrobial and AntiviralTextile Products. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 12.
ANTIVIRAL FINISHES Ms. NABARUPA BOSE INTERN AT TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN
ABSTRACT Today a virus-caused infectious health disease presents a major danger to people around the globe. The wild novel 2019 coronavirus (SAR-CoV-2) has reached the globe exponentially from December 2019 until now. Therefore, antiviral textile is one of the main focus of the researchers and scientists in the textile field specially to survive this crisis. It has been seen that the virus can live and multiply even on textile surfaces which can further be transferred to a human. There are several ways an antiviral finish can be imparted to a textile. This article covers the use of organic or inorganic colloidal or nanoparticle copper compounds, copper complexes to get anti-viral finish on a textile. Scientists from the Hohenstein Institute in Bรถnnigheim are working on this process.
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