New Approach to Antibacterical Treatment of Cotton Fabric with Silver Nanoparticle-Doped Silica Using Sol-Gel Process

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2006-09

Authors

Dai, Lenore L.
Fralick, Joe
Hequet, Eric
Abidi, Noureddine
Kothari, Neha
Tarimala, Sowmitri

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Wiley Interscience

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In this study, cotton fabric was successfully modified to have an antibacterial property through use of the sol- gel process. Dodecanethiol-capped silver nanopartides, which have powerful antibacterial activity, were incorporated in silica sol. The starting materials were silver nitrate, tetraoctylammonium bromide, sodium borohydride, chloroform, 1-dodecanethiol, ethanol, tetraethylorthosilicate, and water. The cotton fabric was padded with dodecanethiol- capped silver nanopartide-doped sol, dried at 60°C, and cured at 150°C. Scanning electron microscopy showed a uniform and continuous layer of doped solon the fiber surface. The antibacterial effects of the treated cotton fabric against Escherichia coli were examined and found to be excellent.

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Tarimala S., N. Kothari, N. Abidi, E. Hequet, J. Fralick, L. Dai. 2006. New Approach to Antibacterial Treatment of Cotton Fabric with Silver Nanoparticles-doped Silica Using Sol-gel Process, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 101(5) 2938 – 2943.