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.
The vast majority of fibers and biocidal treatments on the market are...
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Bioactive technologies for textiles