A Variant Gel-Combustion Approach to Impregnate Nanostructured MgO Coating on Cotton Fibers for Antibacterial Textile Applications

Harikrishnan, A and Purushothaman, M and Alagarasan, D and Viswanath, AK and Pandiaraj, S and Rajabathar, JR and Karnan, M (2023) A Variant Gel-Combustion Approach to Impregnate Nanostructured MgO Coating on Cotton Fibers for Antibacterial Textile Applications. In: Fibers and Polymers, 24 (11). 3927 -3936.

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Abstract

In the present study we demonstrated the fabrication of smart antibacterial nano-textile material development by nanostructured magnesium oxide particles (MgO-NPs). The gel combustion process was adopted to prepare the MgO-NPs which, after being combined with an acrylic binder, were coated over bleached cotton fabrics through a facile pad-dry-cure method. Physicochemical characterizations were carried out using analytical instruments including XRD, SEM, TEM, FE-SEM, AFM, FTIR and TGA. The MgO-NPs impregnated cotton fabrics were tested to evaluate their antibacterial properties and demonstrated good resistance towards bacterial activity when comparing the Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria, such as Staphylococcus aureus and Klebsiella pneumoniae, respectively. This work envisages a strategic approach to develop smart textiles application for biomedical applications. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to the Korean Fiber Society.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Fibers and Polymers
Publisher:	Korean Fiber Society
Additional Information:	The copyright for this article belongs to the Korean Fiber Society.
Keywords:	Bacteria; Combustion; Cotton; Cotton fabrics; Medical applications, Antibacterial textiles; Antibacterials; Gel-combustion; Material development; MgO coatings; Nano-structured; Nanotextile; Staphylococcus; Textile applications; Textile materials, Magnesia
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics
Date Deposited:	28 Oct 2023 08:39
Last Modified:	28 Oct 2023 08:39
URI:	https://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/83143

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