Application of lavender-oil microcapsules to functionalized PET fibers

Autor: Rita de Cássia Siqueira Curto Valle, José Alexandre Borges Valle, Fabricio Maestá Bezerra, Jeferson Correia, Cristiane da Costa, Meritxell Martí, Luisa Coderch, Arianne López, Manuel J. Lis Arias
Přispěvatelé: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Doctorat en Polímers i Biopolímers, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. POLQUITEX - Materials Polimérics i Química Téxtil
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Polymers
Volume 15
Issue 4
Pages: 917
Popis: Surface treatments for textile substrates have received significant attention from researchers around the world. Ozone and plasma treatments trigger a series of surface alterations in textile substrates that can improve the anchoring of other molecules or particles on these substrates. This work aims to evaluate the effect of ozone and plasma treatments on the impregnation of polymeric microcapsules containing lavender oil in polyester fabrics (PES). Microcapsules with walls of chitosan and gum arabic were prepared by complex coacervation and impregnated in PES, plasma-treated PES, and ozone-treated PES by padding. The microcapsules were characterized for their size and morphology and the surface-treated PES was evaluated by FTIR, TGA, SEM, and lavender release. The microcapsules were spherical in shape, with smooth surfaces. The FTIR analyses of the textile substrates with microcapsules showed bands referring to the polymers of the microcapsules, but not to the lavender; this was most likely because the smooth surface of the outer wall did not retain the lavender. The mass loss and the degradation temperatures measured by TGA were similar for all the ozone-treated and plasma-treated polyester samples. In the SEM images, spherical microcapsules and the impregnation of the microcapsules of larger sizes were perceived. Through the lavender release, it was observed that the plasma and ozone treatments interfered both with the amount of lavender delivered and with the control of the delivery.
The authors express their great thanks to the CARINSA group for the reagents delivered for this study.
Databáze: OpenAIRE