TEMPO oxidation as a tool for improving antibacterial properties of viscose fabric functionalized with chitosan based nanoparticles

Abstract

TEMPO oxidation of viscose fabric was used as a pretreatment 10 introduce carboxyl and aldehyde groups for irreversible binding of chilosan and to improve antibacterial activity and washing durability of viscose fabrics functionalized with chitosan nanoparticles withour (NCS) and with emt edded zine (NCS+ Zn). Carboxyl and aldehyde group content, electrokinetic properties, elemental analysis, inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry and antibacterial testing were used to caluare the influence of TEMPO axidation on subseguent NCS and NCS+Zn binding and antibacterial properties of chitosan functionalized viscose fabrics. Anvibacterial activity of NCS and NC$+Zn functionalized viscose fabrics was preserved after multiple wasting.