Incorporation of MPCM on cotton fabric for potential application in hospital bed sheet.Over the last few decades, phase change materials (PCM) have attracted a great deal of interest in medical textiles due to its superior thermoregulation system, simple application, and so on.  Numerous articles and patents have been studied related to development of thermal bed sheets using PCM applied by various techniques; however, no such initiates was found to prepare and characterize of hospital bed sheets using microencapsulated phase change material (MPCM) through screen printing method.  Thermal behavior, thermal transition, and thermal conductivity of the developed samples had been investigated.  Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) demonstrated that the MPCM incorporated sample lost weight slowly, while the DSC test confirmed that melting began at 20 °C and ended at 30 °C.  Furthermore, fabricated sample had higher heat conductivity (0.1760822 w.m-1 k-1). 
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