Bamboo Rayon-ZnO Nanoparticles Composite as Multifunctional Textile Materials

Table 3

Durability of the antibacterial properties of ungrafted and grafted samples loaded with nanoZnO (0.5%).

Sr. number	Number of washes	Bacterial reduction (%)
		Ungrafted		Grafted
		S. aureus	E. coli	S. aureus	E. coli
1	0	87.52	87.90	100	98.13
2	5	41.95	43.10	92.88	90.04
3	10	18.25	19.10	82.19	82.93
4	20	—	—	78.63	79.02
5	40	—	—	71.36	72.98
6	50	—	—	56.98	60.18