Preparation of Cotton-Zinc Composites by Magnetron Sputtering Metallization and Evaluation of their Antimicrobial Properties and Cytotoxicity.
Marcin Henryk KudzinMałgorzata GiełdowskaPaulina KrólZuzanna SobańskaPublished in: Materials (Basel, Switzerland) (2022)
The aim of this investigation was to evaluate the biological properties of cotton-zinc composites. A coating of zinc (Zn) on a cotton fabric was successfully obtained by a DC magnetron sputtering system using a metallic Zn target (99.9%). The new composite was characterized using scanning electron microscopy/energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM/EDS), UV/Vis transmittance, and atomic absorption spectrometry with flame excitation (FAAS). The composite was tested for microbial activity against colonies of Gram-positive ( Staphylococcus aureus ) and Gram-negative ( Escherichia coli ) bacteria and antifungal activity against Aspergillus niger and Chaetomium globosum fungal mold species as model microorganisms. Cytotoxicity screening of the tested modified material was carried out on BALB/3T3 clone mouse fibroblasts. The SEM/EDS and FAAS tests showed good uniformity of zinc content on a large surface of the composite. The conducted research showed the possibility of using the magnetron sputtering technique as a zero-waste method for producing antimicrobial textile composites.
Keyphrases
- electron microscopy
- gram negative
- staphylococcus aureus
- oxide nanoparticles
- multidrug resistant
- high resolution
- escherichia coli
- heavy metals
- reduced graphene oxide
- gas chromatography
- biofilm formation
- aqueous solution
- wastewater treatment
- methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
- microbial community
- ionic liquid
- klebsiella pneumoniae
- magnetic resonance imaging
- single molecule
- extracellular matrix
- molecularly imprinted
- cystic fibrosis
- candida albicans