MICROENCAPSULATION OF ESSENTIAL OILS AND FRAGRANCES: FOCUS ON

PERFUMED, ANTIMICROBIAL, MOSQUITO-REPELLENT AND MEDICAL TEXTILES

BY

T.M.D LIYANAGE

BACHELOR OF INDUSTRIAL STUDIES

OPEN UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA

Title: “Microencapsulation of essential oils and fragrances: Study on perfumed, antimicrobial,
mosquito-repellent and medical textiles”

Objective:

 To study essential oils and fragrances can be applied on the textile substrates as
microcapsules to prolong lifetime by controlling the release rate.
 Explore different possibilities of microencapsulated essential oil on textile substrates to
achieve aromatherapy textiles.
 To study multifunctional textiles having wound healing, antimicrobial and fragrant
characteristics.

Background:

Microencapsulation is a process by which very tiny droplets or particles of liquid or solid material
are surrounded or coated with a continuous film of polymeric material, yielding capsules ranging
from less than one micron to several hundred microns in size. It is mean of applying thin coating to
small particle of solid or droplet of liquid & dispersion. By using microencapsulation of essential
oils in herbal products which have antimicrobial, fragrance and medicinal properties and mosquito
repellent capabilities can be utilize for made fragranced textiles, wound healing fabrics and
mosquito repellent textiles.

Textiles treat with microencapsulated slow release essential oil compounds is used for
aromatherapy. For this character it is very important to long lasting nature of slow releasing of
active compound from microcapsule.
 Time frame:

Month Ju Oc Fe
Aug Sep Nov Dec Jan Mar
Activity l t b

Literature survey

Draft Proposal
Proposal Presentation
1
Final Proposal Due 1

Progress presentation 1

Progress presentation 2

Progress presentation 3

Final Report Writing

Final Report

References

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Carr, C. M. (1995). Chemistry of the textiles industry. London: Blackie Academic & Professional.

Ghayempour, S., & Montazer, M. (2016). Micro/nanoencapsulation of essential oils and fragrances:
Focus on perfumed, antimicrobial, mosquito-repellent and medical textiles. Journal of
Microencapsulation, 33(6), 497–510. doi: 10.1080/02652048.2016.1216187

Sun, G., & Sun, G. (2016). Antimicrobial Textiles. Woodhead Publishing.

Vandegaer, J. E. (1974). Microencapsulation: processes and applications. New York: Plenum Press.