1st International Conference on Advances in Engineering and Technology (ICAET-2018)

Fabrication of Antimicrobial Electrospun Nanofibers using Cupressus pods extracted pitch

Not scheduled

15m

Oral Presenter Textile Engineering & Technology Textile Engineering and Technology

Speaker

Mr Zafar Islam (Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences)

Description

Over the last 10 years great research interest has been directed towards antibacterial Nanofibers produced by Electrospinning from natural plant extract. The Cupressus fruits are one of the nonedible fruit which is not utilized for any specific application. In this research extract of Cupressus pods was used to develop Antibacterial Nanofibers as the Cupressus fruits are natural source and ecofriendly. Currently many finishes are available for textiles to introduce antimicrobial properties but offer poor adhesion properties. Cupressus plants found mainly in warm temperature regions in the Northern Hemisphere, including western North America, where as in Pakistan they are found in Quetta, Swat etc. In our exploration Pitch was extracted using methanol as organic solvent to produce Nano-fibers. As the Cupressus extract is antimicrobial in nature it was assumed that produced fibers will provide worthy adhesion properties. The antibacterial property of Nano fibers would be analyzed according to AATCC 147.

Key words
Cupressus, Nanofibers, Electro Spinning.