Research Article
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 |
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