Article | REF: N2560 V2

Bioactive and biologically active textiles

Author: François BORDES

Publication date: May 10, 2016

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1. Bioactive technologies for textiles

A biocidal fabric is a fabric that destroys, kills or repels undesirable living organisms: microbes, bacteria, molds, microscopic fungi, yeasts, viruses, mites, mosquitoes, lice, moths...

The concept of biocidal fabrics is often thought to have been invented only a few years ago. In reality, while most technologies are recent, the concept is at least a century old: during the First World War, soldiers who spent their days in the mud of the trenches saw their cotton or natural-fibre clothing mildew, and the first trials of fabrics treated against mildew date back at least to this period.

1.1 Migrant/non-migrant technology

The vast majority of fibers and biocidal treatments on the market are...

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