Ritesh J. Dhanorkar, Sibanarayan Tripathy, Subhra Mohanty, Nishant Saxena, Debanjan Sanyal, Santanu Dasgupta, Virendra Kumar Gupta | International Journal of Polymer Science and Engineering | Vol 11, Issue 01 | pp. 24-34 | ISSN: 2455-8745
Abstract
Nonwoven polypropylene (NWPP) fabric is a versatile material used predominantly in medical field for hygiene products and for PPE applications. The application of NWPP is limited in disinfectant area due to lack of antimicrobial properties and its non-polar nature. The coating of antimicrobial agents on NWPP fibre is expected to lower down the intensity of communicable microbial infections. The present study involves the surface functionalization of NWPP fibre via plasma treatment followed by thin coating of halogenated butyl rubber. The surface-modified NWPP fabric was coated with different antimicrobial agents. In the present study involves the investigation on broad range of organic and inorganic antimicrobial reagents in solution and dispersion phase for biological activities. The study is further extended to the antiviral testing against MS2 bacteriophage, and the antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureusand Klebsiella pneumonia. Excellent antiviral and antibacterial activities are observed of more than 99% for these antimicrobial agents.
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Dhanorkar, R. J., Tripathy, S., Mohanty, S., Saxena, N., Sanyal, D., Dasgupta, S., & Gupta, V. K. (2025). Studies on Functionalized Nonwoven Polypropylene Fabric for Antibacterial & Antiviral Properties. International Journal of Polymer Science and Engineering, 11(01), 24-34.MLA
Dhanorkar, Ritesh J., et al. “Studies on Functionalized Nonwoven Polypropylene Fabric for Antibacterial & Antiviral Properties.” International Journal of Polymer Science and Engineering, vol. 11, no. 01, 2025, pp. 24-34.Chicago
Ritesh J. Dhanorkar, Sibanarayan Tripathy, Subhra Mohanty, Nishant Saxena, Debanjan Sanyal, Santanu Dasgupta, and Virendra Kumar Gupta. “Studies on Functionalized Nonwoven Polypropylene Fabric for Antibacterial & Antiviral Properties.” International Journal of Polymer Science and Engineering 11, no. 01 (2025): 24-34.Vancouver
Dhanorkar RJ, Tripathy S, Mohanty S, Saxena N, Sanyal D, Dasgupta S, Gupta VK. Studies on Functionalized Nonwoven Polypropylene Fabric for Antibacterial & Antiviral Properties. International Journal of Polymer Science and Engineering. 2025;11(01):24-34.BibTeX
@article{DhanorkarRJ2025,
author = {Ritesh J. Dhanorkar and Sibanarayan Tripathy and Subhra Mohanty and Nishant Saxena and Debanjan Sanyal and Santanu Dasgupta and Virendra Kumar Gupta},
title = {Studies on Functionalized Nonwoven Polypropylene Fabric for Antibacterial & Antiviral Properties},
journal = {International Journal of Polymer Science and Engineering},
year = {2025},
volume = {11},
number = {01},
pages = {24--34},
issn = {2455-8745},
url = {https://journalspub.com/publication/uncategorized/article=15053}
}