New Textile for Personal Protective Equipment—Plasma Chitosan/Silver Nanoparticles Nylon Fabric

Fabric structures are prone to contamination with microorganisms, as their morphology and ability retain moisture creates a proper environment for growth. In this work, novel, easily processed cheap coating nylon fabric antimicrobial characteristics was developed. After plasma treatment, made render the surface more reactive sites, impregnated chitosan silver nanoparticles by simply dipping it into mixture of different concentrations both components. Silver were previously synthesized using Lee–Meisel method, successful obtention proven UV–Vis, showing presence plasmon resonance band at 410 nm. Nanoparticles 25 nm average diameter observed STEM stable, mainly in chitosan, which acted surfactant nanoparticles, avoiding aggregation. The possessed bactericidal activity higher Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus than Gram-negative Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria all combinations. percentage live S. P. CFU reduced less 20% 60%, respectively, when exposed each effect pronounced present coating, suggesting an effective synergy between these washing process, highly reduced, that is unstable after washing, being almost completely removed from fabric. Nevertheless, new-coated can be successfully used single-use face masks. To our knowledge, fabrics intended face-mask material agents has never been reported.