Abstract

NANOSILVER COATED FABRICS SHOW ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTY

Ashish Kumar Singh, Dattu Singh and Vandana Rathod*

ABSTRACT

Textiles are fibrous materials used in clothing to provide comfort and protection to the body. Due to the busy lifestyle of today, a trend in hygiene textiles have evolved seeking low maintenance of the textiles products, increasing the market potential for durable antimicrobial finishes to protect the consumer against various disease causing organisms. Therefore, we made an attempt here to produce AgNps from an Endophytic fungus Fusarium semitectum and impregnate a cut piece of textile with 104.50ppm of AgNps. The coated textile was placed on a lawn of pathogenic bacteria E.coli-1,2 and 3, S.aureus-1,2 and 3 and S.typhi-1,2 and 3. AgNps showed good antibacterial activity. Thus, incorporation of AgNps in textiles may reduce the risk of infections to some extent.

Keywords: Silver Nanoparticles, Endophytic fungus, Fusarium semitectum, TEM, FTIR, ICP-AES, Nanofabrics, Antibacterial activity.