Antibacterial activity of PA6/ZnO nanocomposite fibers

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 1638-1646

  Dural Erem, Aysin ^a   Ozcan, Gulay ^a   Skrifvars, Mikael ^b  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

antibacterial; nanocomposite; polyamide 6; zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; FIBERS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDE MINERALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE TESTING; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; ZINC OXIDE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MELT INTERCALATION METHOD; POLYAMIDE 6; THERMAL CHARACTERIZATION;

ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 80054937216     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0040517511407380     Document Type: Article

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