Self-induced transformation of raw cotton to a nanostructured primary cell wall for a renewable antimicrobial surface
Sunghyun Nam, Matthew B. Hillyer, Zhongqi He, SeChin Chang, J. Vincent Edwards
Abstract
transmission electron microscopy images of the fiber cross-sections, are immobilized, exhibiting resistance to leaching as judged by continuous laundering. A remarkable percentage (74%) of the total Ag NPs remained in the raw cotton after 50 laundering cycles.
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