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Nivya Uday ¹, Averil Fernandes ¹, H. M. Shravya ¹

Affiliations
1 Chemical Engineering, BMS College of Engineering, Bengaluru, Karnataka, IN

Abstract

Textiles are flexible materials consisting of a web of fibres. These fibres can be exposed to microbial contamination, which leads to decline in the quality of the textile. Nanotechnology can be integrated into the process of manufacturing textiles to make them less susceptible to microbial degradation, particularly in the case of special usage textiles. This article discusses how nanosilver can be employed as an antimicrobial agent in textiles. Silver nanoparticles, in low concentrations are not harmful to the human body and have a broad spectrum of antimicrobial actions. Not only do the textiles have the ability to exhibit antibacterial functions but they also exhibit high efficiency and excellent durability.
This paper further illustrates the synthesis and optimizing of silver nanoparticles from fungus filtrate, green (leaf and fruit extracts) and other sources and their characterization; the embedding of the nanoparticles into wool, silk, cotton fabrics and leather; the examining of the finished fabrics for their features and characterization; and the testing of these fabrics using sophisticated techniques. Additionally, there is a brief discussion on the laundering scenarios of the treated fabrics. There is also a brief discussion on the self-cleaning ability of textiles.

Keywords

Nanotechnology, Nanosilver, Antimicrobial, Synthesis, Characterization.

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