Preparation and antimicrobial property of silver-loaded color spun rayon fabrics

Nano silver has very good antimicrobial property and finds use in the field of medical textiles rapidly. However,its use in the garment is rather slow due to the requirements on techniques and so on. Therefore,antimicrobial treatment of rayon fibers was performed with nano silver. The rayon fabric was prepared with the antimicrobial rayon fiber / raw rayon fiber at a ratio of 1∶ 1 through color spinning. Its morphology was observed using SEM,and the anti-bacterial and soap washing properties were tested. The results showed that nano silver solution treatment and dyeing of rayon fibers can be conducted simultaneously, thus further shortening the production process and possessing the possibility of preparation color spun fabrics. The color spun fabric fabricated with loose fibers that had been treated with nano silver exhibited good antimicrobial and soap washing properties.