Functionalization and characterization of cotton with phase change materials and thyme oil encapsulated in beta-cyclodextrins

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2017

Authors

Pereira Scacchetti, FAP (Author) Other; Eugenia Pinto (Author) FFUP; Barbosa Soares, GMB (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Progress in Organic Coatings

Vol. 107

Pages: 64-74

ISSN: 0300-9440

Publisher: Elsevier

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Authenticus ID: P-00M-KN5

DOI: 10.1016/j.porgcoat.2017.03.015

Abstract (EN): The aim of this work was to study the production of comfortable cotton plain-weave fabrics with antibacterial and antifungal characteristics through a simple finishing process, which consists in applying microcapsules of phase change materials (mPCM), monochlorotriazinyl-beta-cyclodextrin (MCT-beta-CD) and thyme oil. The fabrics were characterized by Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), Contact Angle and Infrared Thermography. The thyme oil release was also analyzed, as well as the antibacterial and antifungal activity. The materials treated with 20 mu L/mL of thyme oil have shown anomalous oil release mechanisms, according to the Korsmeyer-Peppas model, and activity against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Trichophyton rubrum, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Candida albicans. Therefore, it was reached the conclusion that mPCM, conjugated with thyme oil encapsulated in MCTP-CD, proved to be an interesting option to produce materials possessing thermoregulation properties with putative clinical relevance for the prevention of infections, particularly dermatophytosis.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 11