Comfort and microbial barrier properties of garments worn next to the skin

17th World Textile Conference AUTEX 2017 - Shaping the Future of Textiles

Kopitar, D.^1 ; Rogina-Car, B.^2 ; Skenderi, Z.^1

University of Zagreb, Faculty of Textile Technology, Department of Textile Design and Management, Prilaz baruna Filipovica 28a, Zagreb

10000, Croatia^1

University of Zagreb, Faculty of Textile Technology, Department of Clothing Technology, Prilaz baruna Filipovica 28a, Zagreb

10000, Croatia^2

关键词: Bacterial spore;    Barrier properties;    Cellulose fibres;    Knitted fabric;    Knitted fabric structures;    Physiological properties;    Single jerseys;    Water retention capacity;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/254/14/142012/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/254/14/142012

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Compared with viscose fibre, modal fibre is characterized by some advantageous properties such as higher dry and wet tenacities, higher wet modulus, lower water retention capacity and lower level of swelling. Impact of different knitted fabric structure made of cotton and 97 % CMD/3 % EL fibres on thermo-physiological comfort and microbial barrier properties were investigated. All knitted fabrics have very good physiological properties. The microbial barrier permeability of knitted fabric after extreme contamination with bacterial spores in dry state showed that double jersey offered more effective microbial barrier than the single jersey knitted fabrics respectively the greater thickness of double jersey knitted fabric provide more difficult barrier to bacterial spores to pass. In wet state all knitted fabrics have more effective microbial barrier which could be explained by cellulose fibres swelling. In wet state 97 % CMD/3 % EL single jersey knitted fabric have more effective microbial barrier then cotton double and single jersey knitted fabrics.