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12.3.3

Release of the core material

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12.4

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY AND MOSQUITO REPELLENCY OF

ENCAPSULATED ESSENTIAL OILS

221

12.5

CONCLUSION

223

Section VIII Textiles and Paints as Mosquito Control Tools

Chapter 13 ^■Mosquito Repellent against Anopheles Spp. and Aedes Ae-

gypti on Cotton Fabric

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Lea Botteri, Renata Antonaci Gama, Peyman Ghaffari, Ana Marija Grancaric*,

Renato Cesar de Melo Freire, Jos´e Heriberto Oliveira do Nascimento , and

Leon Rivaldo

13.1

INTRODUCTION

228

13.2

MATERIAL AND METHODS

230

13.3

RESULTS

231

13.4

CONCLUSION

233

Chapter 14 ^■Silica-Based Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Treatments as Anti-

Mosquito Textile Finishing

237

Ana Marija Grancaric*, Veronica Migani, Maria Rosaria Plutino, Giuseppe

Rosace , and Valentina Trovato

14.1

INTRODUCTION

238

14.2

ENCAPSULATION TECHNIQUES AND SOL-GEL CHEMISTRY

239

14.3

ANTI-MOSQUITO FINISHING BY SOL-GEL TECHNIQUE

241

14.4

CONCLUSIONS

243

Chapter 15 ^■Cotton and Polyester Fabrics Plasma Coated with Hydro-

genated Amorphous Carbon Films

245

Lea Botteri, Christian B. Fischer, Melanie Fritz , and Ana Marija Grancaric*

15.1

INTRODUCTION

246

15.2

COATING PROCESS AND ANALYTICS

247

15.3

RESULTS

248

15.4

CONCLUSION

250

Section IX Testing Methods for Treated Textiles with

Mosquito-Repellents: An Overview

Chapter 16 ^■Testing Methods for Mosquito-Repellent Treated Textiles

255

Hitoshi Kawada and Rui-De Xue*

16.1

INTRODUCTION

255

16.2

ACTIVE INGREDIENT

256