PRODUCING ANTIBACTERIAL TEXTILE MATERIAL BY WEAVING PVB/CUO NANOCOMPOSITE FIBER COVERED YARN

Electrospinning is an efficient method for the production of polyvinyl butyral (PVB) nanofiber layers that are suitable for water filtration. Layered fabric systems with electrospun PVB/copper oxide (CuO) nanocomposite fiber covered yarn were developed to impart antibacterial functions to textile material. The motivation of this paper was preparation of antibacterial textile material. - The hybrid yarn should benefit from multi-functionality of nanofibers combined with tensile strength of the core yarn. Nanocomposite covered yarns were woven in weaving machine. It was found out that by adding CuO nanoparticles, antibacterial efficiency of nanofiber covered yarn was improved.