Improved antibacterial property of cotton fabrics coated with waste sericin/silver nanocomposite

GÖKÇE Y., AKTAŞ Z., ÇAPAR G., Kutlu E., ANİŞ P.

MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, cilt.254, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 254
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2020.123508
  • Dergi Adı: MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Aerospace Database, Chimica, Communication Abstracts, Compendex, INSPEC, Metadex, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Waste, Sericin recovery, Nanocomposite, Antibacterial finishing, SILK-SERICIN, DURABLE ANTIBACTERIAL, POROUS SCAFFOLDS, TEXTILES, CARBON, EXTRACTION, RESISTANCE, MEMBRANE, FIBROIN
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Sericin is a valuable protein with unique properties, however it is currently discarded as a waste in silk industry, which leads to economic losses and environmental pollution. This study focuses on the utilisation of recovered waste sericin as a potential antibacterial raw material in textile industry for the first time. Waste sericin was used as a reducing and stabilising agent in the production of sericin/silver nanocomposite samples with a binary reducing agent system containing NaOH and NaBH4. The nanocomposite samples were prepared with three different cross-linkers and applied to cotton fabrics at nanocomposite concentrations of 20 g/L and 40 g/L. The antibacterial performance against Escherichia Coli (E. Coli) and Staphylococcus Aureus (S. Aureus) was good; which remained even at the end of 20 wash cycles. The fabrics exhibited better mechanical properties in the presence of cross-linkers.