Abstract

Concern for the environment, depletion of fossil fuels, and consumer demand for eco-friendly and well-being are driving force to develop green products. There has been growing demand to develop finishes for textile materials imparting protection against microbes. Bamboo is one of abundant renewable biomass materials. Bamboo fiber which is one of regenerated cellulose fibers is already been used for textile products. Bamboo fiber has many useful properties such as antibacterial, high absorbency and hygroscopicity, and UV-resistant property [1,2]. It has cool and smooth feel, and excellent wicking so that is suitable for summer clothing, dishcloth, gauze bandage, medical drape, towel, etc. In most cases surface of bamboo fiber has negative charges and so, cationic polymers readily adsorbed onto the surface of bamboo fiber [3]. Bamboo fiber, which is otherwise not dyeable with acid dyes, coluld be renderd acid dyeable by acrylamide grafting onto bamboo fiber [2]. For better performance properties, it is usually blended with other fibers such as cotton, hemp, silk, Lyocell(Tencel), Modal, cotton chemical fiber and so on [4]. The cross-section of bamboo fiber is filled with various micro-gaps and micro-holes. With this unparalleled micro-structure, bamboo fiber can absorb and evaporate sweat very quickly [1]. Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) belonging to the family Punicacea, is originally a native of Persia and nowadays it is generally cultivated at warm countries in the world. Corresponding Author: Younsook Shin E-mail: yshin@chonnam.ac.kr

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