Azadeh Bashari

Amirkabir University of Technology | TUS · Department of Textile Engineering

Plasma treatment is an eco-friendly method used for surface modification, as well as creating active sites on the surface of the substrates. It leads to physical and chemical changes of the surface without alteration of the material bulk properties. It is produced at both ambient and low pressure in nonequilibrium conditions using different gases s...

The dyeing process is a value-added treatment for most textile materials. A dyeing process is the interaction of dyes and fibers. The dyeing process of textiles comprises four stages, transport of the dye from solution to the fiber surface, dye adsorption on the fiber surface, penetration of the dye from the surface to the interior of the fiber, an...

In the present study a double layer mucoadhesive buccal film containing nanocarriers encapsulated with neem extract was fabricated through electrospinning and solvent casting techniques for dental therapeutic applications. The morphological, physical and mucoadhesive properties of the resulting electrospun and solvent cast oral films were mutually...

Mucoadhesive buccal patch is a promising dosage form for a successful oral drug delivery, which provides unique advantages for various applications such as treatment of periodontal disease and postdental surgery disorders. The aim of this study is to synthesize a novel multifunctional mucoadhesive buccal patch in a multilayer reservoir design for t...

The goal of this paper was to study some chemical and physical effects of chitosan nano-hydrogels containing Rhus coriaria on cotton fabric. The finished fabrics showed antimicrobial effects against two pathogenic microorganisms, namely Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli, and the particle size, as well as the effect of encapsulating sumac e...

The present study is aiming to investigate the potential of phenylalanine amino acid nanotubes (PhNTs) synthesized by a self‐assembly process as an efficient and pH‐responsive green drug nanocarrier for the treatment of oral disease. Phenylalanine was used for the preparation of solutions with three different concentrations (0.1, 0.5 and 2.5 mg/ml)...

In this article, the synthesis of pectin nano hydrogel, it’s having high absorption ability and its related applications in the treatment of colored wastewater have been investigated. Pectin has been extracted from orange peel as a good source of pectin and the degree of esterification (DE) of pectin as a main parameter on the gel formation were de...

Water repellent and antibacterial property of Carnauba wax nanoparticles (CWNs) and Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles has been assessed on the Cotton, Cotton/nylon6 and Nylon6 fabrics using layer by layer (LBL) self-assembly method. Carnauba wax is synthesized into nanoparticle by solvent-free emulsion and melt-dispersion techniques. The prepared part...

This chapter describes the new materials and the design issues of body armors to protect the wearer from penetrative threats, including bullets, fragments, spikes, and stabs. In this regard, high-performance fibers and related textiles and composites are introduced to protect the person against low-level fragmentation to bulleted ballistic threats...

In this study, a novel silver solution was prepared by a simple green synthesis method using AgNO3, neem and salep extracts at room temperature. The results of UV-Visible spectrophotometer and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) showed the formation of silver particles with a star-like morphology and sharp edges in the solution. In order to achieve...

An attempt was made to deposit a natural based water repellent nano-coating as a green alternative to C8 fluorochemicals compounds, onto different fabrics using a layer-by-layer self-assembly approach. The cubic nanoparticles with average size about 290 nm were synthesized from carnauba via the solvent-free emulsion and melt-dispersion. The negativ...

This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Preparation and Characterization of Smart Hydrogels Classifications of Smart Hydrogels Applications of Smart Hydrogels Smart Hydrogel‐Functionalized Textile Systems Electrospinning of Smart Hydrogels Future Trends of Smart Hydrogels Conclusions

Buccal mucosa is considered as a convenient and easily accessible site for the drug administration for both local and systemic delivery. Mucoadhesion is a process involving chemical interactions between mucin and polymers. The use of mucoadhesive polymers in buccal drug delivery has gained a great attention. Various mucoadhesive dosage forms, inclu...

Nowadays, with improvements in technology, smart materials have gained much attention. The objective of the present study is to prepare light-reduction/oxidation responsive alginate nano hydrogels and finishing cotton fabric by these smart hydrogels to produce smart textile. Alginate nano hydrogels were prepared by the reverse emulsification-diffus...

Smart hydrogels have the ability to respond to various kinds of stimulus such as physical stimuli including temperature, electric fields, solvent composition, light, pressure, sound and magnetic fields, and chemical or biochemical stimuli including pH, ions, glucose, enzyme, antigen and DNA. Smart hydrogels are an interesting class of materials tha...

Name of cellulose is referred to a type of natural carbohydrate with many hydroxyl groups and high water absorption capacity. Cellulose is the most abundant natural polymer, found as the main constituent of plants (plant cellulose). Some bacteria such as Acetobacter xylinum are also able to synthesize bacterial cellulose. Cellulose‐based hydrogels...

Peptides are one of the most important biological molecules which can be used in drug delivery applications. Peptides are composed of amino acids and are connected together by a peptide bond. These biomaterials have drawn lots of attention in recent years because of their biocompatibility, antibacterial effect, and medical and clinical applications...

The unique properties of nanomaterials have real commercial potential for the textile industry. In recent years, fine materials that are produced using nanotechnology have been used in the textile production process. Production of functional textiles is the main purpose of using nanomaterials or nanocomponents on natural fibers such as cotton, wool...

In this study, novel PET-Silk fabric is introduced via finishing PET fabric with silk hydrogel and Salvia officinalis extract. The silk hydrogel was prepared from waste silk; morphology and chemical structure were evaluated by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy methods. The results indicated...

The present study deals with obtaining aromatherapic textiles via applying stimuli-responsive poly Nisopropyl acryl amide (PNIPAAm) /chitosan (PNCS) nano hydrogels containing cinnamon oil on cotton fabric and looks into the treated fabric characteristics as an antibacterial and temperature/pH responsive fabric. The semi-batch surfactant-free disper...

Nowadays, an increasing demand emerges for biodegradable materials and products made from renewable resources. The cellulose in the form of cellulosic fibers or nano fibers can play a crucially important role in the enhancement of the performance of an absorbent product and provide water holding capacity. In the present study, a new hydrogel was sy...

This research deals with the synthesis of chitosan/polyvinyl alcohol/polyethylene glycol/silver nanoparticle composite via gamma-irradiation technique. The reduction of silver nitrate, formation of Ag nanoparticles, cross-linking of hydrogel network, and modification of cotton tampon with this antibacterial/absorbing system were occurred simultaneo...

The objective of this research was to formulate chitosan nano hydrogels based on mini-emulsion method. Sumac extract was obtained by maceration sumac cortex in water. The antimicrobial effects of finished fabrics and sumac extract against two pathogenic microorganisms, Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli, the particle size, were then observe...

In this study, the effect of using folic acid on the in situ synthesis process of nanostructures has been investigated. Folic acid, as a bio-template for synthesis of Cu2O/ZnO, was used to improve the reducing and stabilizing the ability of cotton fabric and avoid agglomeration of the particles. SEM images revealed that using folic acid caused the...

Cotton fabrics have been prepared with smart properties by functional finishing with stimuli-responsive nano gel. A biopolymer (chitosan) and a synthetic polymer (poly-NiPAAm) have been used for the synthesis of nano gel through semi-batch surfactant-free dispersion polymerization (SB-SFDP) method. The incorporation of nano gel to textile fabrics i...

In the current study, synthesis of silver nanoparticles/chitosan/poly vinyl alcohol/poly ethylene glycol (AgNPs/Cs/PVA/PEG) hydrogel nanocomposite and finishing of cotton nasal tampons were reported via the γ-irradiation procedure. The uniform size distribution of nanoparticles and the presence of polymer nanocomposite were confirmed by energy disp...

In this study, chitosan and pentasodium tripolyphosphate (TPP)-based bilayers were fabricated on the cationized woven cotton fabrics via layer-by-layer (LBL) self-assembly technique. The initial cationic charges on cotton fabric were produced through the aminization procedure involving the covalent attachment of reactive dye to cotton fabric and su...

The incorporation of modified β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) into a poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm)/chito-san (PNCS) nanohydrogel was studied. β-CD was function-alized with acrylic groups, with different numbers of vinyl bonds added per β-CD molecule. The surfactant-free disper-sion polymerization (SFDP) semi-batch method was used to synthesize the na...

The present study deals with preparing stimuli-responsive poly N-isopropyl acryl amide/chitosan (PNCS) nano hydrogel and looks into their effects as a surface modifying system of cotton fabric. The semi-batch surfactant-free emulsion polymerization method was proposed to reduce the size of particle and synthesis of PNCS nano particles. Fourier tran...

b The present study deals with preparing stimuli-responsive poly N-isopropyl acryl amide/chitosan (PNCS) nano hydrogel and looks into their effects as a surface modifying system of cotton fabric. The semi-batch surfactant-free emulsion polymerization method was proposed to reduce the size of particle and synthesis of PNCS nano particles. Fourier tr...

Stimuli responsive hydrogels (SRHs) are smart materials with reversible changes in their properties through the environmental stimulus variations. Although SRHs have been used in various medical applications such as sen- sors, drug release systems and, etc., they are still being actively researched on other sectors such as functional tex- tiles and...

The incorporation of modified β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) into a poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm)/chitosan (PNCS) nanohydrogel was studied. β-CD was functionalized with acrylic groups, with different numbers of vinyl bonds added per β-CD molecule. The surfactant-free dispersion polymerization (SFDP) semi-batch method was used to synthesize the nanoh...

Stimuli responsive hydrogels (SRHs) are smart materials with reversible changes in their properties through the environmental stimulus variations. Although SRHs have been used in various medical applications such as sensors, drug release systems and, etc., they are still being actively researched on other sectors such as functional textiles and sma...