Abstract

There are many prospects for the application of new finishes due to the fast rise of technical fabrics and their end uses like medical and healthcare applications. In the present study, an anti-microbial agent is extracted from Neem leaf with methanol to investigate the effect of anti-microbial activity on cotton fabric. Cotton fabrics were treated with 3, 6, 9 and 12% Neem leaf extract and extract with 8% citric acid (CA) separately at a fabric-to-liquor ratio of 1:20 using the dip-dry-cure method. These finished samples were subjected to an antimicrobial activity test. It was found that the treated cotton fabric showed excellent anti-microbial activity at a higher concentration of Neem leaf extract. The treated and non-treated fabrics were characterized by Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and this analysis showed that there were characteristic absorption bands of Neem leaf extract appearing in the spectra of the treated fabric. TGA and SEM were studied to identify the loss of weight of fabric on temperature and the surface morphology of treated and non-treated fabric

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