Is it possible to treat natural fibre with silver nano particles and reinforced in matrix to fabricate anti microbial polymer composites

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Sridhar Vadahanambi

Yes, its possible.. see this paper: DOI: 10.1021/am800225j

Helga Thomas

Yes, it is possible. However, antimicrobial activity strongly depends on the type of natural fibre you are thinking of. Silver release systems for keratin fibres will not work. This is due to strong binding of silver ions by sulfur bearing amino acids (mainly cysteine, cystine) of these fibres.