Comparative analysis of antimicrobial activity of various nanoparticle-coated fabric: A review

Abstract

Biomedicine, pharmaceuticals, electrical appliances, agriculture, food, biosensors, and many other fields and industries have all been transformed by nanoparticles. Additionally, nanoparticles have successfully demonstrated their capacity to coat textiles with antimicrobial properties. This review examines the antimicrobial properties of textiles treated with nanoparticles of metals and metal oxides, specifically silver, copper oxide, zinc oxide, and titanium oxide, using a variety of different synthesis, modification, and coating techniques. Due to its broad-spectrum antibacterial, antiviral, and antifungal activity, copper oxide nanoparticles have the most promising activity as an impregnating material for textiles, according to descriptive comparative analysis of the antimicrobial efficiency, durability, and economic factors between the four nanoparticles. There is still room for research on the effectiveness of copper oxide nanoparticles as antivirals, particularly against coronaviruses or surrogate coronaviruses, especially given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.