Preparation and Characterization of Melamine-formaldehyde Microcapsules Containing Citrus unshiu Essential Oil

作者：Lee An Rye; Han Chung Hun; Yi Eunjou^*

来源：Fibers and Polymers, 2014, 15(1): 35-40.

DOI：10.1007/s12221-014-0035-0

• Citrus unshiu
• Essential oil
• Microcapsules
• Particle size
• Thermal property
• Release behavior

Melamine-formaldehyde microcapsules containing essential oil form Citrus Unshiu fruit as a natural functional compound were prepared by different stirring speeds. Chemical component, surface morphology, particle size, thermal properties, and release behavior were investigated to characterize the microcapsules and cotton knit was treated with the microcapsules to test their durability to washing. As results, the microcapsules were verified as containing the oil as core material with 80 % of loading capacity and as having more even and smaller size by 7000 rpm. Release behavior of the microcapsules showed few leakage of the oil at normal condition. Finally, the microcapsules were successfully added to cotton fabric even though durability to washing was not sufficiently acceptable. These results suggested that utilization of microcapsules containing Citrus unshiu oil as a bio-functional medium to textiles needs to be explored by optimizing finish process in a future work.

• 出版日期2014-1