Anti-odour clothing: bringing fresh appeal to the performance apparel market

Table of Contents

SUMMARY

• INTRODUCTION
• TYPES AND SOURCES OF ODOUR FOUND IN CLOTHING
• EFFECTS OF MICRO-ORGANISMS ON HUMAN HEALTH
• EFFECTS OF MICRO-ORGANISMS ON FABRICS
• TECHNIQUES FOR AVOIDING OR ELIMINATING ODOUR IN CLOTHING
• Laundering
  • Choosing appropriate fabrics
  • Incorporating odour-absorbing and odour-masking agents
  • Cyclodextrin
  • Activated carbon
  • Fragrances
  • Incorporating natural anti-odour materials
  • Bamboo
  • Chitosan
  • Incorporating antimicrobial agents
• METHODS OF IMPARTING ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES TO FABRICS
• ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS USED IN TEXTILES AND CLOTHING
  • Main types of antimicrobial agents used for textiles and clothing
  • Organic antimicrobial agents
  • Inorganic antimicrobial agents
• REQUIREMENTS FOR ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS USED FOR CLOTHING
• ANTIMICROBIAL EFFICACY TESTING AND REGULATION
  • Efficacy testing
  • Testing standards
  • Regulations
• SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH ANTIMICROBIAL
• AGENTS
• MARKETS FOR ANTI-ODOUR FABRICS
  • Key applications
  • Market size
• KEY PRODUCERS OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS
  • Agis Environments: Agis Microbe Shield
  • Agion Technologies: Agion
  • Arch Chemicals: Purista
  • Halosource: Haloshield
  • Microban International: Microban
  • Milliken & Company: Alphasan
  • NanoHorizons: SmartSilver
  • Sanitized: Sanitized
• KEY PRODUCERS OF ANTIMICROBIAL FIBRES
  • Noble Biomaterials: X-static
  • Thai Acrylic Fibre: Amicor
  • Toray Industries: Mushon
  • Trevira: Trevira Bioactive
• SELF-CLEANING CLOTHES
• OUTLOOK

List of tables

• Table 1: Commonly used standard tests for assessing antimicrobial efficacy
• Table 2: Properties of AlphaSan

List of figures

• Figure 1: Bacterial growth curve
• Figure 2: Agion: the ion exchange process
• Figure 3: X-static fabric