Antimicrobial and mechanical properties of functionalized textile by nanoarchitectured photoinduced Ag@polymer coating

• Jessica Plé,
• Marine Dabert,
• Helene Lecoq,
• Sophie Hellé,
• Lydie Ploux and
• Lavinia Balan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 95–109, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.11

• nanocomposites exhibited remarkable microbial growth inhibitory effects. Keywords: antimicrobial properties; C. albicans fungus; E. coli bacteria; photoinduced functionalized textile; silver/polymer nanomaterials; Introduction The proliferation of microorganisms is a major concern for health organizations

• being glued to the glass dishes. For this reason, antimicrobial characterizations were only carried out on Ag@PEG600DA/PETIA loaded with 3 wt % and 5 wt % of AgNO3 in order to observe the impact of the silver concentration on the E. coli bacteria and the C. albicans fungus. Liquid diffusion assay

• growth (Figure 12b). It should be noted that the required silver quantity to effectively inhibit microorganism growth is lower for C. albicans fungus (≈10 µg/g) than for E. coli bacteria (≈15 µg/g), which enables a faster growth inhibition of the fungi. In addition, the response of C. albicans to doses