The sonochemical coating of cotton withstands 65 washing cycles at hospital washing standards and retains its antibacterial properties

Cellulose

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1215-1221

  Perelshtein, Ilana ^a   Ruderman, Yelena ^a   Perkas, Nina ^a   Beddow, Jamie ^b   Singh, Gagandeep ^b   Vinatoru, Mircea ^b   Joyce, Eadaoin ^b   Mason, Timothy J ^b   Blanes, María ^c   Mollá, Korina ^c   Gedanken, Aharon ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

^c Instituto Tecnológico Textil   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibacterial nanoparticles; Coating method; Copper oxide; Sonochemistry

Indexed keywords

ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES; ANTIBACTERIAL TEXTILES; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COATING METHODS; COPPER OXIDE NANOPARTICLES; HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT; NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION; SONOCHEMICAL COATINGS;

COATINGS; COPPER OXIDES; COTTON; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; NANOPARTICLES; SONOCHEMISTRY; TEXTILES;

WASHING;

EID: 84877622658     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-013-9929-z     Document Type: Article

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