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Hindi Research Article, J Fashion Technol Textile Eng Vol: 3 Issue: 1
Antifungal Activity of Herbal Finish on 100% Cotton Denim Fabric
| Sumithra M1* and Vasugi Raaja N2 | |
| 1Department of Costume Design and Fashion, PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore, India | |
| 2Department of Textiles and Clothing, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore, India | |
| Corresponding author : Sumithra M Department of Costume Design and Fashion, PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore, India E-mail: mithrasumi6@rediffmail.com |
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| Received: July 10, 2014 Accepted: November 05, 2014 Published: December 10, 2014 | |
| Citation: Sumithra M, Raaja VN (2014) Antifungal Activity of Herbal Finish on 100% Cotton Denim Fabric. J Fashion Technol Textile Eng 3:1. doi:10.4172/2329-9568.1000116 |
Abstract
Antifungal Activity of Herbal Finish on 100% Cotton Denim Fabric
In the current work an attempt has been made to develop the antifungal cotton denim fabrics. The herbs were imparted with dip, microencapsulated and nanoencapsulated finishing on fabric surface by pad dry cure method. The coated fabric was analyzed for morphology using SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope). The result indicated that a significant difference between the antifungal activity of microencapsulated and nanoencapsulated extracted treated fabric. The fabric finished with nanoencapsulted herbal extract exhibited the maximum antifungal durability till 30 washes.
