WASH-DURABLE ANTIMICROBIAL TEXTILES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE

摘要

This invention is directed to a wash-durable textile article comprising a textile substrate, an antimicrobial metal nanoparticle, and a linking agent chemically bonding to the antimicrobial metal nanoparticle to the textile substrate. In addition, this invention also includes a method of manufacturing a wash-durable antimicrobial textile, the method comprising the steps of providing an antimicrobial metal nanoparticle, reacting the antimicrobial metal nanoparticle with a linking agent to provide a functionalized antimicrobial metal nanoparticle, and reacting the functionalized antimicrobial metal nanoparticle with a textile substrate to cause the linking agent to attach to the textile substrate to thereby form a wash-durable antimicrobial textile article.

主权项

1. A wash-durable textile article comprising a textile substrate, an antimicrobial metal nanoparticle, and a linking agent chemically bonding to the antimicrobial metal nanoparticle to the textile substrate, wherein the linking agent does not comprise a binder, and wherein the textile article exhibits antimicrobial properties after 10 washes in accordance with AATCC Test Method 103-1981, including the exhibition of log kill rates for at least one organism selected from the group consisting of Klebsiella pneumonia, Staphylococcus aureus, and combinations thereof after 24 hours exposure of at least 1.5.