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Durable Aroma Finishing of Wool Fabric with Microencapsulated Vetiver Essential Oil and Assessment of its Properties

SHALINI RUKHAYA^*, NEELAM M. ROSE, SAROJ YADAV

Department of Textile and Apparel Designing, I.C. College of Home Science.
Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125 004 (Haryana), India.

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Journal of Polymer Materials 2021, 38(3-4), 179-190. https://doi.org/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 UPF value of scoured fabric (30.25) enhanced to 87.70 after treatment with microencapsulated vetiver oil. Aroma durability in terms of retention and intensity of aroma in treated fabric was assessed and good aroma durability was noticed against washing, abrasion, ironing and sun-drying. Hence, microencapsulated vetiver oil appears to be an appropriate aspirant for the development of multifunctional textiles having fragrance with added antimoth, antibacterial and UV protection properties.

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