Delta SARS-CoV-2 inactivation and bactericidal performance of cotton wipes decorated with TiO₂/Ag nanoparticles like Brazilian heavy-fruited Myrciaria cauliflora.

ABSTRACT: The current pandemic of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) raised several concerns about using conventional textiles for manufacturing personal protective equipment without self-disinfecting properties since the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is transmitted mainly by aerosols that can transpose cotton masks. Therefore, developing new cotton fibers with high self-disinfecting ability is essential to avoid a new pandemic due to new SARS-CoV-2 variants. Herein, we developed cotton wipes (CFs) with fibers coated by Ag, TiO₂, and Ag/TiO₂ hybrid nanoparticles like Brazilian heavy-fruited Myrciaria cauliflora by a sonochemical approach. Moreover, the coated CFs present high antimicrobial performance against Escherichia coli (E.

SUBMITTER: da Silva DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9394096 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature