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Application of antimicrobial finish on woven and loop pile organic cotton fabrics for the development of eco friendly infant clothes

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Title Application of antimicrobial finish on woven and loop pile organic cotton fabrics for the development of eco friendly infant clothes
 
Creator Massey, Shefali
 
Contributor Shahnaz Jahan
 
Subject antimicrobial properties, textile finishing, textile weaving, organic farming, cotton, textile fabrics, ecosystems, environmental protection, infants, clothing
 
Description Thesis-PhD
Today environment protection, consumer health and safety have become main focus issues. This is because of consumer’s growing interest in use of natural products, hence, textile industry witness an increased demand of finishes which are eco friendly. Besides this, the most utilitarian aspect of clothing is design and construction of garments that would provide physical comfort and durability to small children having soft skin vulnerable to infections. Therefore, present research work has been taken up to apply antimicrobial finish on woven and loop pile organic cotton fabrics to develop eco friendly infant clothes. In the present study, qualitative and quantitative assessment of antimicrobial activity of eucalyptus oil, menthol oil, clove oil and neem oil were tested at different concentrations (10Ol to 60 Ol) against Staphylococcus aureus and Aspergillus niger on woven and loop pile organic cotton fabrics. Eucalyptus oil showed maximum antibacterial and antifungal activity at 60 Ol against bacteria Staphylococcus aureus and fungi Aspergillus niger in both the tests. The antimicrobial activity of menthol oil at 60 Ol was found good and after eucalyptus oil was second best followed by clove oil. Neem oil had minimum antibacterial activity on woven organic cotton and antifungal activity of neem oil was found nil on both woven and loop pile organic cotton samples. Eucalyptus oil was selected for making the fabrics antimicrobial. Spray method was used for applying temporary antimicrobial. The finish was vanished after second and third washing treatments. The performance study of both untreated and treated woven and loop pile organic cotton samples was done on the basis of physical tests. There was non-significant effect of herbal oil finish on fabric count, cover factor and pile density of woven and loop pile samples. The results revealed that there was significant effect of oil on rest of the other physical properties. Application of oil decreased drape coefficient, abrasion loss per cent, wettability and bending length whereas dimensional stability, crease recovery angle and fabric weight was increased in both woven and loop pile organic cotton fabrics. Tearing strength, tensile strength, bursting strength, air permeability and water vapour transmission was found to be decreased in treated woven organic cotton fabric while all these properties increased in loop pile organic cotton after application of herbal oil finish. In the next stage survey was done to collect information from mothers about clothing practices and requirements for infant clothes. It was found that majority of the families belonged to Middle SES, total family income ranged between Rs 5,000/- to 9,999, all the parents were educated but inspite of the education of mothers 60 per cent mothers were non-working. Majority of mothers depends on window displays, shop as per list of items from ordinary shops, shop during sales as well as buy clothes whenever required. All the mothers preferred ready-made infant garments because of wider choice of fabric, design, style, good fit on the average price range of Rs 201/- to 300. Comfort, easy care, price, fit, durability were the first five preferred selection factors for purchasing infant clothes. Cotton was the most preferred fabric for infant clothes because of its absorbency and year round comfort followed by wool, terrycot, cotswool and silk. Least preferred fabrics were nylon and terylene. Cool colours, nursery prints, soft texture were preferred by mothers for male infants while warm colours, nursery prints/ floral designs and soft texture were preferred for female. Design details such as frills and laces, front openings, half sleeves, gathers, pockets were favoured by mothers. In case of type of garments elastic at the back of panties, slips without buttons, velcro diapers, elastic pyjama, side opened skirts and front opened frocks, sweaters without zippers and buttons were preferred by infant mothers. The study reveals that buying of infant clothes significantly depends on socio-economic status of the family. Awareness of mothers significantly depends on education.
 
Date 2016-09-15T16:21:08Z
2016-09-15T16:21:08Z
2009-06
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/76933
 
Language en
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263145 (Uttarakhand)