A Study on the Antibacterial Property of Fabrics with Silver-Plated Fibers

Abstract:

To study the relationship between the content of silver-plated fibers in fabrics and the antibacterial performance of fabrics, five sets of samples with common polyester yarns and silver-plated polyamide yarns were manufactured for the experiment; a qualitative antibacterial test with flask-shaking method was performed and compared for fabrics with different content of silver-plated fibers. The results show that the fabrics with silver-plated fibers have good antibacterial effect, and the bacterial inhibition rate will be improved as the content of silver-plated fibers increasing. When the content of silver-plated fibers is 3.6%, the bacterial inhibition rate for coli form will reach to 76.92%, when the content of silver-plated fibers is higher than 11.99%, the fabrics have better antibacterial property for coli form and the bacterial inhibition rate is higher than 99%.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 175-176)
• Pages: 687-690
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.175-176.687
• Online since: January 2011
• Authors: Hong Xia Zhang, Yan Lu, Cheng Yan Zhu, Wei Tian, Yan Qing Li
• Keywords: Antibacterial Properties, Bacterial Inhibition Rate, Silver-Plated Fiber

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