Spinning of Photocatalytic Fiber as Splittable Segmented-Pie Bi-Component Fibers for Antibacterial Textiles.

The increase of public concern regarding hygienic living environments has accelerated research on anti-microbial modifications for many commodity and technical textile products. This study attempted to produce a durable self-cleaning and antibacterial textile material with a relatively low production cost using inorganic photocatalytic nanoparticles embedded in the textile fibers. The spinning of segmented-pie bi-component fibers was conducted using compositions of polyethylene and nylon 6 with 1.