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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Fabrication of Promising Antimicrobial Aloe Vera/PVA Electrospun Nanofibers for Protective Clothing.

Haleema Khanzada, Abdul Salam, Muhammad Bilal Qadir, Duy-Nam Phan, Tufail Hassan, Muhammad Usman Munir, Khalid Pasha, Nafees Hassan, Muhammad Qamar Khan, Ick Soo Kim

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Haleema KhanzadaNanotechnology Research Lab, Department of Textile and Clothing, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, National Textile University Karachi Campus, Karachi 74900, Pakistan.
Abdul SalamNanotechnology Research Lab, Department of Textile and Clothing, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, National Textile University Karachi Campus, Karachi 74900, Pakistan.
Muhammad Bilal QadirDepartment of Textile Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, National Textile University, Faisalabad 37610, Pakistan.
Duy-Nam PhanSchool of Textile-Leather & Fashion, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Hanoi 10000, Vietnam.ORCID 0000-0001-5171-8256
Tufail HassanNanotechnology Research Lab, Department of Textile and Clothing, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, National Textile University Karachi Campus, Karachi 74900, Pakistan.
Muhammad Usman MunirDepartment of Material Engineering, Kaunas University of Technology, 44249 Kaunas, Lithuania.
Khalid PashaNanotechnology Research Lab, Department of Textile and Clothing, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, National Textile University Karachi Campus, Karachi 74900, Pakistan.
Nafees HassanNanotechnology Research Lab, Department of Textile and Clothing, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, National Textile University Karachi Campus, Karachi 74900, Pakistan.
Muhammad Qamar KhanNanotechnology Research Lab, Department of Textile and Clothing, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, National Textile University Karachi Campus, Karachi 74900, Pakistan.
Ick Soo KimNanofusion Technology Research Lab, Institute of Fiber Engineering, Faculty of Textile and Sciences, Ueda Campus, Shinshu University, Nagano 386-8567, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the present condition of COVID-19, the demand for antimicrobial products such as face masks and surgical gowns has increased. Because of this increasing demand, there is a need to conduct a study on the development of antimicrobial material. Therefore, this study was conducted on the development of Aloe Vera and Polyvinyl Alcohol (AV/PVA) electrospun nanofibers. Four different fibers were developed by varying the concentrations of Aloe vera (0.5%, 1.5%, 2.5%, and 3%) while maintaining the concentration of PVA constant. The developed samples were subjected to different characterization techniques such as SEM, FTIR, XRD, TGA, and ICP studies. After that, the antimicrobial activity of the developed Aloe Vera/PVA electrospun nanofibers was checked against Gram-positive (

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Aloe Vera/PVAantimicrobialnanofibersprotective clothing

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PMID32887482
PMCPMC7504495

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