ANTIBACTERIAL EFFECT OF COPPER IONS BONDED ON POLYPROPYLENE NONWOVEN BY UNDERWATER DOUBLE DIAPHRAGM DISCHARGE

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Authors	NEAGOE Gabriela BRABLEC Antonín ZAHORANOVÁ Anna BURŠÍKOVÁ Vilma
Year of publication	2012
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Chem. listy
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
Citation
Web	http://www.chemicke-listy.cz/common/content-issue_s5-volume_106-year_2012.html
Field	Plasma physics
Keywords	underwater discharge; PP nonwoven; copper; antibacterial properties
Description	Underwater plasma discharge was used for surface activation of polypropylene fabrics with subsequent immobilisation of copper particles. Size and distribution of dispersed particles were measured by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and the chemical nature of crystals was confirmed by the Energy Dispersive X-ray (EDX) analysis of the sample. „Determination of antibacterial activity – Agar diffusion plate test“ method was used to study the antibacterial properties of the PP treated and untreated nonwoven textile samples.
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