Novel Strategy for Synthesis of ZnO microparticles loaded cotton fabrics and Investigation of their antibacterial Properties

Abstract

In this work, ZnO microparticles were in situ in the chitosan - attached cotton fabric following 'equilibration - cum - hydrothermal' approach to yield zinc oxide microparticles loaded cotton (ZOMLC) fabrics. The ZnO microparticles were characterized by surface plasmon resonance (SPR), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) techniques. The ZOMLC fabric showed fair antibacterial action against model bacteria E.coli.