EU SCIENTISTS DEVELOP NANO-COATING FOR TEXTILES PREVENTING INFECTION
December 1st, 2012
BY KEITH NUTHALL
SCIENTISTS working in a European Union (EU) research project say they have developed a textile technology that reduces the transmission of infection in hospitals from items such as patient gowns, bed linen and compression socks.
The Nanobond consortium says it has created a new molecule it called 'i-Link' and has used it to make a polymeric textile coating of nano-thickness. It protects textiles impregnated with an antimicrobial aegis molecule, while controlling the release of this antimicrobial, preventing hospital bugs from developing ...
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