TY - JOUR
T1 - Characterization and antibacterial properties of nanoboron powders and nanoboron powder coated textiles
AU - Akbar, Wazir
AU - Noor, Mohamed Radzi
AU - Kowal, Katarzyna
AU - Syed, Tofail
AU - Soulimane, Tewfik
AU - Basim, G. Bahar
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 The Society of Powder Technology Japan
PY - 2017/2/1
Y1 - 2017/2/1
N2 - The antibacterial properties of boron-containing compounds are well known although there are limited studies available on the pure boron nanoparticles. In this paper, nanoboron particles are characterized in terms of their particle size, shape, stability and surface charge before and after their application onto textile surfaces to study their impact on bacterial activity. It was observed that the boron nanoparticles are effective in limiting the bacterial growth of both Gram-negative and positive species without requiring any stimulation to initiate the antibacterial action. In addition to the antibacterial functionality evaluation of the free boron nanoparticles, nanoboron coated textiles were also characterized and determined to change the wettability and surface charge of the textiles with a variable antimicrobial response to the different species. Consequently, we propose pure nanoboron as a new anti-bacterial agent that can function without external stimulation.
AB - The antibacterial properties of boron-containing compounds are well known although there are limited studies available on the pure boron nanoparticles. In this paper, nanoboron particles are characterized in terms of their particle size, shape, stability and surface charge before and after their application onto textile surfaces to study their impact on bacterial activity. It was observed that the boron nanoparticles are effective in limiting the bacterial growth of both Gram-negative and positive species without requiring any stimulation to initiate the antibacterial action. In addition to the antibacterial functionality evaluation of the free boron nanoparticles, nanoboron coated textiles were also characterized and determined to change the wettability and surface charge of the textiles with a variable antimicrobial response to the different species. Consequently, we propose pure nanoboron as a new anti-bacterial agent that can function without external stimulation.
KW - Antibacterial property
KW - Nano-functionalized textiles
KW - Nanoboron particle
KW - Powder characterization
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U2 - 10.1016/j.apt.2016.11.012
DO - 10.1016/j.apt.2016.11.012
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85010634390
SN - 0921-8831
VL - 28
SP - 596
EP - 610
JO - Advanced Powder Technology
JF - Advanced Powder Technology
IS - 2
ER -