Author(s)

Habeebunissa Nooman^1*, Narayanan Gokarneshan², Murugan Umamaheswari³, Muthumani Dhiliphan Kumar⁴, Usha Kumari Ratna⁵, Jayagopal Lavanya⁶, Senthamarai Kannan Umamageshwari⁶, Sona Mohandas Anton⁷, Zahurudeen Shahanaz⁷, Venkatesan Sathya⁸, David Piriadarshani⁹, Chokkanathan Kayalvizhi¹⁰

¹Department of Knitwear Design, National Institute of Fashion Technology, Chennai, India.
²Department of Textile Chemistry, SSM College of Engineering, Komarapallayam, India.
³Department of Management Studies, Dr. SNS Rajalakshmi College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore, India.
⁴Department of Business Administration, Kalasalingam Business School, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Srivilliputhur, India.
⁵Department of Textiles and Clothing, Avinashi Lingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore, India.
⁶Department of Fashion Design, SRM Institute of Science and Technology (Kattankalathur), Chennai, India.
⁷Department of Fashion Design, Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Chennai, India.
⁸Department of Fashion Design, SRM Institute of Science and Technology (Ramapuram), Chennai, India.
⁹Department of Mathematics, Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Chennai, India.
¹⁰Department of Textile Technology, Jaya Engineering College, Tiruninravur, India.

Pomegranate rind is abundantly available as a waste material. Pomegranate Rind Extract (PRE) can be applied to cotton fabrics for its natural colours, as a mordanting agent and also for imparting certain functional properties such as fire retardancy and antimicrobial properties. This paper reviews the feasibility of Pomegranate Rind Extract to improve the functional properties of cellulosic fabrics. Studies show that varying concentrations and higher temperatures that were used to apply the extract on the fabric, resulted in enhanced functional properties. At a particular concentration, the treated fabric showed a 15 times lower burning rate in comparison with the control fabric. Also, antimicrobial efficacy has been observed against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Due to the natural colouring material, it can be used as a natural dye on cotton material. The fire retardancy of pomegranate rind extract was tested on jute material under varying alkalinity. Research has indicated that pomegranate rind extract could be used to dye polyamide as well. The rubbing and wash fastness of the finished fabrics is good. The light fastness was fair, and its antibacterial efficiency against tested bacteria was good.

Natural Polymers, Synthetic Polymers, Pomegranate Rind Extract (PRE), Dyeing, Functional Property

Nooman, H. , Gokarneshan, N. , Umamaheswari, M. , Kumar, M. , Ratna, U. , Lavanya, J. , Umamageshwari, S. , Anton, S. , Shahanaz, Z. , Sathya, V. , Piriadarshani, D. and Kayalvizhi, C. (2024) Application of Pomegranate Rind Extract for Improvement of Functional Properties of Various Materials—A Critical Review. Open Journal of Composite Materials, 14, 71-90. doi: 10.4236/ojcm.2024.142006.