Preparation of Ag/HBP/PAN Nanofiber Web and Its Antimicrobial and Filtration Property

Table 1

Antimicrobial activity of Ag/HBP/PAN nanofiber web.

	Antimicrobial activity
Samples	S. aureus		E. coli
	Surviving cells (CFU/mL)	% reduction	Surviving cells (CFU/mL)	% reduction
Cotton gauze	1.61 × 10^6		6.56 × 10^6
PAN nanofiber	1.54 × 10^6	0	6.32 × 10^6	0
HBP-treated nanofiber	1.76 × 10^5	88.57	6.71 × 10^5	89.38
Ag/HBP-treated nanofiber	1.48 × 10^3	99.90	2.33 × 10^3	99.96