Smart bactericidal textile enabling in-situ visual assessment of antimicrobial activity.

ABSTRACT: Hospital fabrics and wound dressings with antibacterial properties are essential to minimize infection risks associated with bacterial colonization of textiles. A key challenge of these materials lies in the difficulty in assessing their functional lifespan. Integrating bacterial-sensing elements into smart textiles enables real-time and in-situ evaluation of antibacterial activity. However, this approach is often hindered by the reactivity between bactericidal and bacterial-sensing components, the limited stability and selectivity of the sensing probes, and high production costs. Here, we address these challenges by presenting a smart textile that simultaneously provides antibacterial activity and bacterial-sensing capacity using a layer-by-layer sonochemical deposition method. Prussian b

SUBMITTER: Ferrer-Vilanova A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12000729 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature