Reactive silver inks for antiviral, repellent medical textiles with ultrasonic bleach washing durability compared to silver nanoparticles

Anthony J. Galante; Brady C. Pilsbury; Kathleen A. Yates; Melbs LeMieux; Daniel J. Bain; Robert M. Q. Shanks; Eric G. Romanowski; Paul W. Leu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0270718

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Reactive silver inks for antiviral, repellent medical textiles with ultrasonic bleach washing durability compared to silver nanoparticles

Anthony J. Galante,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1227-6771

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Brady C. Pilsbury,

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America
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Kathleen A. Yates,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Charles T. Campbell Laboratory for Ophthalmic Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America
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Melbs LeMieux,

Roles Resources

Affiliation Electroninks Inc, Austin, TX, United States of America
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Daniel J. Bain,

Roles Data curation, Validation

Affiliation Department of Geology and Environmental Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America
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Robert M. Q. Shanks,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Charles T. Campbell Laboratory for Ophthalmic Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America
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Eric G. Romanowski,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Validation

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Charles T. Campbell Laboratory for Ophthalmic Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America
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Paul W. Leu

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: pleu@pitt.edu

Affiliation Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1599-7144

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Reactive silver inks for antiviral, repellent medical textiles with ultrasonic bleach washing durability compared to silver nanoparticles

Anthony J. Galante,
Brady C. Pilsbury,
Kathleen A. Yates,
Melbs LeMieux,
Daniel J. Bain,
Robert M. Q. Shanks,
Eric G. Romanowski,
Paul W. Leu

Published: September 14, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270718

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