OBTAINING MICELLAR SYSTEMS OF TYPE O/W WITH ESSENTIAL OILS FOR APPLICATIONS IN TEXTILE MATERIALS
Chitosan. Essential oil. Substrate Textile. Antimicrobial. Nanoemulsion.
Essential oils (OEs) are natural products that have a wide range of applications, encompassing different areas of activity. Searching for researchers due to their properties, essential oils have different functions, such as repellency, analgesic, antibacterial, antiparasitic, antirheumatic, anti-inflammatory, moisturizing and therapeutic actions. Chitosan (QTS) as a biopolymer of great diversity has effective properties with antimicrobial activity and also chelating action for surface modifications of textile substrates. This is due to the presence of amine groups in their chemical structure, which when acetylated at pH acids become positively charged, giving rise to its chelating action and its surface modifying potential. This work was developed in the production of nanoemulsions using the ternary phase diagram study, to define the ideal setting of the desired formulations, using chitosan as aqueous phase (Fa), a non-ionic surfactant (T80) and the addition of the properties of two essential oils as oily phase (Fo) for the production of nanoemulsions. For the characterization of the essential oils of andiroba (OEA) and lemon grass (OCL) were verified its density, molecular weight and its acidity, saponification, iodine, peroxidation and refraction indices as well as its real antimicrobial capacity. Nanoemulsions, also called micellar systems, were characterized by pH, electrical conductivity, viscosity, zeta potential, DLS, temperature resistance and microbial activity. The nanoemulsion systems will be used to functionalize cellulose based textile substrate by impregnation methodology still in feasibility study, aiming to promote specific properties in textile materials. The functionalized fabrics will be characterized in physical properties, and analyzed for wash fastness, to evaluate the durability of the finish.