title: Micro/nanoencapsulation of essential oils and fragrances: Focus on perfumed, antimicrobial, mosquito-repellent and medical textiles.
abstract: Herbal products have been widely used due to good antimicrobial, fragrance and medical properties. Essential oils and fragrances can be applied on the textile substrates as micro/nanocapsules to prolong lifetime by controlling the release rate. The present review tries to give a general overview on the application of micro/nanoencapsulated essential oils on the textile substrates to achieve aromatherapy textiles. These are divided into four diverse categories as the following: antimicrobial, perfumed, mosquito-repellent and medical textiles. The reports in this field revealed that the encapsulation technique plays an important role in the finishing of plant extracts on the textile substrates. It is also anticipated that aromatherapy textiles have to be developed in the new fields such as multifunctional textiles having wound-healing, antimicrobial and fragrant properties.
authors.affiliation: a Textile Engineering Department, Functional Fibrous Structures & Environmental Enhancement (FFSEE) , Amirkabir University of Technology , Tehran , Iran.
authors.forename: Soraya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ghayempour
authors.affiliation: a Textile Engineering Department, Functional Fibrous Structures & Environmental Enhancement (FFSEE) , Amirkabir University of Technology , Tehran , Iran.
authors.forename: Majid
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Montazer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D009033:Culicidae; D007302:Insect Repellents / Q000737:chemistry*; D053769:Nanocapsules / Q000737:chemistry*; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000737:chemistry*; D013784:Textiles
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D007302:Insect Repellents; D053769:Nanocapsules; D009822:Oils, Volatile
keywords: Micro/nanoencapsulation; antimicrobial; essential oils; fragrances; perfumed; textiles