Abstract
The very mention of the word aroma, gives us a feel-goodsensation because aroma suggests odors that are pleasant and appealing to thesenses. The terms aromatherapy and aromachology and their role in thepharmaceutical industry is an already established field of research. Now, thesestudies have been extended into the textile industry as well. This is because, textiles,referred to as second skin, form a major consumer-based industry. It isdictated and driven by, according, to the customers requirements, based onwhich various novel value additions are done to fabrics and garments time andagain to satisfy that customer. This paper on Aroma Textiles highlights thevarious techniques that can possibly be adopted to engineer textile productsthat can emit aroma. The paper begins by defining the terms aroma,aromachology, aromatherapy. Then, the need for aroma textiles is discussed.It is followed by a detailed discussion on microencapsulation techniques forproducing aroma textiles and finally the paper talks about the marketpotential of these aroma textiles.
Key words: aroma chemicals, microencapsulation, cyclodextrins.
Theauthor is associated with A. C. Tech, Anna University, Guindy, Chennai
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