Alagarasan, D and Harikrishnan, A and Surendiran, M and Indira, K and Khalifa, AS and Elesawy, BH (2021) Synthesis and characterization of CuO nanoparticles and evaluation of their bactericidal and fungicidal activities in cotton fabrics. In: Applied Nanoscience (Switzerland) .
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Abstract
Textiles functionalized with copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO NPs) have become a favourable material to inhibit the spread of diseases due to their anti-microbial properties. In the present work, a successful procedure for in situ growth of CuO NPs in textiles was developed. Results showed that the combination of in situ synthesis and pad�dry�cure method promoting a uniform and dense adsorption of nanoparticles on the surface of the fabrics. The CuO NP-coated fabrics was characterized using XRD, SEM, EDX, TEM, and FTIR techniques. The CuO NP-coated cotton fabrics showed better anti-bacterial activity against various bacteria�s namely Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas fluorescens and Bacillus subtilis. Besides, it also showed better antifungal activity against Candida albicans. The CuO NPs impregnated cotton fabrics exhibit a bacterial reduction of more than 90, which is sustainable even after 20 washing cycles. Therefore, the CuO NP-coated fabrics has great potential to be used as coatings for medical, cosmetic or sports fabrics. © 2021, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | Applied Nanoscience (Switzerland) |
| Publisher: | Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH |
| Additional Information: | The copyright for this article belongs to Authors |
| Keywords: | Bacteriology; Cotton; Cotton fabrics; Escherichia coli; Nanoparticles; Protective coatings; Synthesis (chemical), Adsorption of nanoparticles; Anti-bacterial activity; Anti-fungal activity; Anti-microbial properties; Bacterial reduction; Copper oxide nanoparticles; Pseudomonas fluorescens; Synthesis and characterizations, Copper oxides |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Dec 2021 08:29 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Dec 2021 08:29 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/70209 |
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