Reuse of Textile Waste to Production of the Fibrous Antibacterial Membrane with Filtration Potential.

ABSTRACT: Wasted synthetic fabrics are a type of textile waste source; the reuse of them brings environmental protection and turns waste into a valuable material. In this work, the used nylon (polyamide) stockings were transmuted into a fine fibrous membrane via an electrospinning process. In addition, the safety antibacterial agent, monoacylglycerol (MAG), was incorporated into a recycled fibrous membrane. The results revealed that the neat, recycled polyamide (rPA) fibers with a hydrophobic surface could be converted into hydrophilic fibers by blending various amounts of MAG with rPA solution prior to electrospinning. The filtration efficiency and air/water vapor permeability of the two types of produced membranes, neat rPA, and rPA/MAG, were tested. Their filtration efficiency (E₁₀₀) w

SUBMITTER: Opalkova Siskova A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8746662 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature