Toward Scaling up the Production of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles for Application on Washable Antimicrobial Cotton Fabrics
Noha Khalil Mahdy, Mousa El-Sayed, Saif El‐Din Al‐Mofty, Abdalla Mohamed, Ali H. Karaly, Mehrez E. El‐Naggar, Hassan Nageh, Wessam A. Sarhan, Hassan Mohamed El-Said Azzazy
Abstract
at 23.93 mg/mL when the treated fabrics were tested against L929 fibroblast cells. Additionally, the cotton fabrics retained bactericidal and virucidal effects after four washes. Thus, the current study recommends the automated mechanochemical method as a cost-effective scalable approach for the synthesis of CuO NPs. The application of CuO NPs onto cotton fabrics generated washable antimicrobial face masks.
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NanoparticleCytotoxicityNanotechnologyOxideZincMaterials scienceYield (engineering)Nuclear chemistryChemical engineeringChemistryMetallurgyBiochemistryEngineeringIn vitroNanoparticles: synthesis and applications