Characterization of sustainable bacterial cellulose fabricated with Vietnamese ingredients for potential textile applications: Tensile and handle properties

There has been growing demand for biomaterials due to their natural origin, nontoxicity and biodegradability properties. Bacterial cellulose (BC) is one such material with potential for a wide range of applications in medicine, packaging, food, tissue engineering, cosmetics, fashion and textile. Thi...

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Main Authors: Rajkishore Nayak, Donna Cleveland, Frances Joseph
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-03-01
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description There has been growing demand for biomaterials due to their natural origin, nontoxicity and biodegradability properties. Bacterial cellulose (BC) is one such material with potential for a wide range of applications in medicine, packaging, food, tissue engineering, cosmetics, fashion and textile. This research has attempted to explore the potential of BC in fashion and textile applications fabricated with the indigenous ingredients available in Vietnam. A range of BC samples were fabricated and characterized for various properties such as pH, thickness, areal density, bursting strength, stiffness, drape and crease recovery angle to explore potential applications in fashion and textile. The results showed that the pH of BC samples was mostly acidic, with a pH range of 2.6 to 4.4. Hence, they were treated with commonly available bases to bring the pH within the skin-friendly range for textile applications. Some bursting strength results showed closer values for the textile sample, indicating its potential for textile applications. However, the stiffness and drape values of the BC samples were significantly higher, and crease recovery was significantly lower, indicating its appropriateness for applications where higher stiffness and lower crease recovery properties are desired. Keeping the properties in mind, the authors successfully designed products such as wallets and decorative paintings using the harvested BC samples.
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spelling doaj-art-cec627de6fdc4da396a6b8fb8dbc03f32025-01-30T05:14:51ZengElsevierResults in Engineering2590-12302025-03-0125104030Characterization of sustainable bacterial cellulose fabricated with Vietnamese ingredients for potential textile applications: Tensile and handle propertiesRajkishore Nayak0Donna Cleveland1Frances Joseph2School of Communication and Design, RMIT University, Saigon South Campus, Vietnam; Corresponding author.School of Communication and Design, RMIT University, Saigon South Campus, VietnamSchool of Future Environments, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New ZealandThere has been growing demand for biomaterials due to their natural origin, nontoxicity and biodegradability properties. Bacterial cellulose (BC) is one such material with potential for a wide range of applications in medicine, packaging, food, tissue engineering, cosmetics, fashion and textile. This research has attempted to explore the potential of BC in fashion and textile applications fabricated with the indigenous ingredients available in Vietnam. A range of BC samples were fabricated and characterized for various properties such as pH, thickness, areal density, bursting strength, stiffness, drape and crease recovery angle to explore potential applications in fashion and textile. The results showed that the pH of BC samples was mostly acidic, with a pH range of 2.6 to 4.4. Hence, they were treated with commonly available bases to bring the pH within the skin-friendly range for textile applications. Some bursting strength results showed closer values for the textile sample, indicating its potential for textile applications. However, the stiffness and drape values of the BC samples were significantly higher, and crease recovery was significantly lower, indicating its appropriateness for applications where higher stiffness and lower crease recovery properties are desired. Keeping the properties in mind, the authors successfully designed products such as wallets and decorative paintings using the harvested BC samples.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590123025001185Fashion sustainabilityBacterial celluloseTextile applicationHandlepHDrape coefficient
spellingShingle Rajkishore Nayak
Donna Cleveland
Frances Joseph
Characterization of sustainable bacterial cellulose fabricated with Vietnamese ingredients for potential textile applications: Tensile and handle properties
Results in Engineering
Fashion sustainability
Bacterial cellulose
Textile application
Handle
pH
Drape coefficient
title Characterization of sustainable bacterial cellulose fabricated with Vietnamese ingredients for potential textile applications: Tensile and handle properties
title_full Characterization of sustainable bacterial cellulose fabricated with Vietnamese ingredients for potential textile applications: Tensile and handle properties
title_fullStr Characterization of sustainable bacterial cellulose fabricated with Vietnamese ingredients for potential textile applications: Tensile and handle properties
title_full_unstemmed Characterization of sustainable bacterial cellulose fabricated with Vietnamese ingredients for potential textile applications: Tensile and handle properties
title_short Characterization of sustainable bacterial cellulose fabricated with Vietnamese ingredients for potential textile applications: Tensile and handle properties
title_sort characterization of sustainable bacterial cellulose fabricated with vietnamese ingredients for potential textile applications tensile and handle properties
topic Fashion sustainability
Bacterial cellulose
Textile application
Handle
pH
Drape coefficient
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590123025001185
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