Terrassa School of Engineering, Laboratory of Surfactants and Detergency, Barcelona, Spain
 Mini Review Article   
								
																Biofunctional Textiles using β-Cyclodextrins 
																Author(s): Fabricio Maestá Bezerra, Pallares M, Meng X and Manuel José Lis*             
								
																
						 With the new environmental-friendly developments surrounding the industry and society, the use of
  new materials as carriers is becoming more important. In the case of essential oils and organic chemical
  substances, the role that cyclodextrins play is very important. The use of the Guest-host structures in
  the cone structure of β-Cyclodextrins is very frequent in Pharmacy and Biochemical systems related
  to biomedical applications. In this work, we present a mini-review work suggesting possibilities of the
  application of the cyclodextrins characteristics to be used in the textile industry to achieve antibacterial,
  antimicrobial, or simply, aromatic properties longed in time... View more»