Fabrication of Promising Antimicrobial Aloe Vera/PVA Electrospun Nanofibers for Protective Clothing

被引：50

作者：

Khanzada, Haleema ^{[1
]}

Salam, Abdul ^{[1
]}

Qadir, Muhammad Bilal ^{[2
]}

Duy-Nam Phan ^{[3
]}

Hassan, Tufail ^{[1
]}

Munir, Muhammad Usman ^{[4
]}

Pasha, Khalid ^{[1
]}

Hassan, Nafees ^{[1
]}

Khan, Muhammad Qamar ^{[1
]}

Kim, Ick Soo ^{[5
]}

机构：

[1] Natl Text Univ, Dept Text & Clothing, Nanotechnol Res Lab, Fac Engn & Technol, Karachi Campus, Karachi 74900, Pakistan

[2] Natl Text Univ, Fac Engn & Technol, Dept Text Engn, Faisalabad 37610, Pakistan

[3] Hanoi Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Text Leather & Fash, Hanoi 10000, Vietnam

[4] Kaunas Univ Technol, Dept Mat Engn, LT-44249 Kaunas, Lithuania

[5] Shinshu Univ, Fac Text & Sci, Inst Fiber Engn, Nanofus Technol Res Lab, Ueda Campus, Nagano 3868567, Japan

来源：

MATERIALS | 2020年 / 13卷 / 17期

关键词：

Aloe Vera; PVA; nanofibers; antimicrobial; protective clothing; MEMBRANES; GEL; CELLULOSE; SCAFFOLD; EXTRACT;

D O I：

10.3390/ma13173884

中图分类号：

O64 [物理化学（理论化学）、化学物理学];

学科分类号：

070304 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

In the present condition of COVID-19, the demand for antimicrobial products such as face masks and surgical gowns has increased. Because of this increasing demand, there is a need to conduct a study on the development of antimicrobial material. Therefore, this study was conducted on the development of Aloe Vera and Polyvinyl Alcohol (AV/PVA) electrospun nanofibers. Four different fibers were developed by varying the concentrations of Aloe vera (0.5%, 1.5%, 2.5%, and 3%) while maintaining the concentration of PVA constant. The developed samples were subjected to different characterization techniques such as SEM, FTIR, XRD, TGA, and ICP studies. After that, the antimicrobial activity of the developed Aloe Vera/PVA electrospun nanofibers was checked against Gram-positive (Staphylococcus aureus) bacteria and Gram-negative (Escherichia coli) bacteria. The developed nanofibers had high profile antibacterial activity against both bacteria, but showed excellent results againstS. aureusbacteria as compared withE. coli. These nanofibers have potential applications in the development of surgical gowns, gloves, etc.

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