What is it about?
Smart materials with improved features, obtained through the deposition of photoactive nanoparticles on fabrics, have gained increasingly more interest on the market. These fabrics with enhanced functionalities are of great interest for biomedical, textile and food industries due to their ability to inhibit the formation of pathogen biofilms, stop the spread of nosocomial infections, and remove the infection sources. Our results demonstrated that polyester fabrics treated with Fe-N doped NPs were harmless for skin cells, proving good biocompatibility and could decrease the risk of accidental contamination with microorganisms from the hospital environment.
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Why is it important?
Compared to previous studies that focused mainly on the photocatalytic and self-cleaning performance of the textiles with TiO2 coatings, our research also addresses the critical aspect of human cytotoxicity and biosafety.
Perspectives
Writing this article was a great experience as being the first article from my PhD thesis. This research had a huge impact on the self-cleaning textile field.
Cristina Nica
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This page is a summary of: Innovative Self-Cleaning and Biocompatible Polyester Textiles Nano-Decorated with Fe–N-Doped Titanium Dioxide, Nanomaterials, November 2016, MDPI AG,
DOI: 10.3390/nano6110214.
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