Modifications of textile materials with functional silanes, liquid silicone softeners, and silicone rubbers—A review

JJ Chruściel - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
General information concerning different kinds of chemical additives used in the textile
industry has been described in this paper. The properties and applications of …

Polymer materials for respiratory protection: processing, end use, and testing methods

I Armentano, M Barbanera, E Carota… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The COVID-19 occurrence is causing a global request for effective measures aimed at
mitigating the infection spread. Facemasks have been identified as an essential device for …

Eco-friendly versatile protective polyurethane/triclosan coated polylactic acid nonwovens for medical covers application

Y Zhang, TT Li, BC Shiu, F Sun, HT Ren… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Medical product contamination can seriously threaten patients' health. Because of severe
pollution, nonwoven medical covers still face lots of challenges, especially in terms of …

Preparation of Rechargeable Antibacterial Polypropylene/N-Halamine Materials Based on Melt Blending and Surface Segregation

G Zhang, Y Li, Q Ke, J Bai, F Luo, J Zhang… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Polypropylene (PP) has been widely used in health care and food packaging fields,
however, it lacks antibacterial properties. Herein, we prepared the polymeric antibacterial …

Antibacterial and antifungal properties of polyester, polylactide, and cotton nonwovens and fabrics, by means of stable aqueous dispersions containing copper silicate …

JJ Chruściel, J Olczyk, MH Kudzin, P Kaczmarek… - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Literature reviews have described the applications of silver, copper, and zinc ions and
metallic particles of Cu, Ti, and Zn oxides, which have been found to be useful antimicrobial …

Large-scale preparation of polylactic acid/polyethylene glycol micro/nanofiber fabrics with aligned fibers via a post-drafting melt blown process

HW Sun, H Zhang, Q Zhen, SF Wang, JJ Hu… - Journal of Polymer …, 2022 - Springer
Polylactic acid (PLA) micro/nanofiber fabrics with good biodegradability and biocompatibility
have wide applications in the medical protective field. However, the poor flexibility, high …

Multifunctional polymer composites produced by melt-blown technique to use in filtering respiratory protective devices

A Brochocka, A Nowak, K Majchrzycka, M Puchalski… - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this work, a multifunctional polymer composite is made using melt-blowing technology
from polypropylene (88 wt.%) and poly (ethylene terephthalate)(12 wt.%) with the addition of …

Introduction of amino and rGO into PP nonwoven surface for removal of gaseous aromatic pollutants and particulate matter from air

X Tang, J Wei, Z Kong, H Zhang, J Tian - Applied Surface Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Gaseous aromatic pollutants such as benzene, toluene or xylene and particulate matter
(PM) from an individual's living environment potentially cause serious and life-threatening …

Biofunctionalization of Textile Materials. 2. Antimicrobial Modification of Poly (lactide)(PLA) Nonwoven Fabricsby Fosfomycin

MH Kudzin, Z Mrozińska - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
This research is focused on obtaining antimicrobial hybrid materials consisting of poly
(lactide) nonwoven fabrics and using phosphoro-organic compound—fosfomycin—as a …

Incorporating nano-znco-zif particles in the electrospinning polylactide membranes to improve their filtration and antibacterial performances

Q Deng, J Li, X Li, X Du, L Wu, J Wang, X Wang - Polymer Bulletin, 2024 - Springer
With the increase in air pollutants and bacteria hazards, conventional melt-blown cloth of
polypropylene (PP), which is widely used as the filtering medium, can no longer meet …