Microencapsulation of essential oil with the optimized CaCl crosslinker and its antibacterial study for cosmetic textiles.

A functional fabric immobilized by the microcapsules of lime essential oil (LO) was prepared and characterized. A varied amount of CaCl crosslinker was optimized to coacervate LO using alginate-gelatin biopolymers and Tween 80 emulsifier. A further evaluation of the immobilized LO microcapsules for the antibacterial effect against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria was conducted.