Abstract

Textiles are considered to be an integral part of human life, since they are associated with the human body round the clock. Because of the various application of textiles in several fields, it is obvious that, people will expect functional characteristics such as comfort, healthcare, hygiene properties in clothing. The healthcare characteristics were also much expected in clothing to protect the human being from the adverse effects of outside environment resulting in infections and various diseases. The bacterial and viral infection is a common phenomenon in human’s life causing much number of diseases from fever to major malfunctioning of important body parts. Hence this research work is focused specifically on identifying new approaches with the aid of technological advancements. This work aims at investigating the above-mentioned characteristics through developing natural based treatments such as charcoal applications with a specific focus on hygiene properties as their effects. The charcoal treated fabrics were also subjected to hygiene tests such as antibacterial and UV protection (UV Protection Factor, UPF) and have been found that the treated fabrics have developed antibacterial and UV protection properties.

摘要

纺织品被认为是人类生活不可或缺的一部分，因为它们与人体息息相关。由于纺织品在多个领域的各种应用，很明显，人们期望服装具有舒适性、保健性、卫生性等功能特性。服装中的保健特性也很受期待，以保护人类免受外部环境导致的感染和各种疾病的不利影响。细菌和病毒感染是人类生活中的常见现象，会导致从发烧到重要身体部位的严重故障等多种疾病。因此，这项研究工作的重点是在技术进步的帮助下确定新方法。这项工作旨在通过开发基于天然的治疗方法（例如木炭应用）来研究上述特征，特别关注卫生特性作为其影响。木炭处理过的织物还进行了抗菌和防紫外线（UV Protection Factor，UPF）等卫生测试，发现经过处理的织物具有抗菌和防紫外线性能。