Antimicrobial and Self-Cleaning Finishing of Cotton Fabric Using Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles

Mahmoud, Marwa; Sherif, Nadeen; Fathallah, Abeer I.; Maamoun, Dalia; Abdelrahman, Meram S.; Hassabo, Ahmed G.; Khattab, Tawfik A.

doi:10.21608/jtcps.2023.188833.1165

Antimicrobial and Self-Cleaning Finishing of Cotton Fabric Using Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Textile Printing, Dyeing, and Finishing Department, Faculty of Applied Arts, Helwan University, Egypt

² Textile Printing, Dyeing and Finishing Department, Faculty of Applied Arts, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt

³ National Research Centre (Scopus affiliation ID 60014618), Textile Research and Technology Institute, Dyeing, Printing, and Intermediate Auxiliaries Department, 33 El-Behouth St. (former El-Tahrir str.), Dokki, P.O. 12622, Giza, Egypt

⁴ National Research Centre (NRC), Textile Research and Technology Institute (TRTI), Pre-treatment and Finishing of Cellulose based Textiles Department (PFCTD), El-Behouth St. (former El-Tahrir str.), Dokki, P.O. 12622, Giza, Egypt

10.21608/jtcps.2023.188833.1165

Abstract

Due to its photocatalytic properties, titanium dioxide (TiO2) has been regarded as an appealing antibacterial component. It is also chemically stable, non-toxic, affordable, and generally accepted as a safe (GRAS) material. Titanium dioxide nanoparticles considerably enhanced these qualities (TiO2NPs). In order to better protect sick children from microbial and bacterial infection in children's hospitals, TiO2NPs are utilised to increase the antibacterial, self-cleaning, and UV characteristics on cotton textiles. All necessary measures are looked at and included into our work.

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