Investigation of metal absorption and antibacterial activity on cotton fabric modified by low temperature plasma

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Shahidi, S

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Type of Document: Article
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-010-9400-3
Publisher: 2010
Abstract:
In this work, the silver particle absorption and antibacterial activity of cotton fabric when modified by low temperature plasma were investigated. The modification consisted of plasma pre-functionalization followed by one-step wet treatment with silver nitrate solution. Oxygen and nitrogen were used as the working gases in the system, and the results were compared. The results showed that nitrogen plasma-treated samples can absorb more silver particles than oxygen-treated samples, and thus the antibacterial activity of the samples in this case, which was analyzed by the counting bacteria test, was increased considerably
Keywords:
Antibacterial ; Fabric ; Plasma ; Anti-bacterial activity ; Functionalizations ; Low temperature plasmas ; Metal absorption ; Silver nitrate solutions ; Silver particles ; Absorption ; Cotton ; Cotton fabrics ; Fabrics ; Oxygen ; Silver ; Nitrogen plasma ; Antimicrobial property ; Cotton fabric ; Plasma treatment ; Temperature ; Wet processing
Source: Cellulose ; Volume 17, Issue 3 , 2010 , Pages 627-634 ; 09690239 (ISSN)
URL: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10570-010-9400-3