Fig 1.
Sample characterization of silver coated fabric.
a) Schematic of silver treatment on PET fabric (b-d) SEM images of b) untreated PET c) PET-NP and d) PET-Ink. e-f) XRD pattern of e) PET-NP and f) PET-Ink samples.
Fig 2.
Wash durability of silver coated fabric.
a) Wetting characterization for PET, PET-NP, and PET-Ink samples. b) Silver leaching analysis as a function of bleach washing time c) Optical images of (i) PET-NP and (ii) PET-Ink samples as a function of bleach washing time. d) Virus inhibition assay results of silver treatments in solution.
Fig 3.
Characterization of samples with PDMS.
a) Schematic of PDMS treatment for silver coated PET samples (b-c) SEM images of treated fiber of b) PET-NP/P and c) PET-I/P samples. d-e) XRD patterns of fabric samples before and after PDMS coating for d) PET-NP/P with PET-NP and e) PET-I/P with PET-Ink samples.
Fig 4.
Wash Durability of samples with PDMS.
a) Wetting characterization for PET-NP/P and PET-I/P samples b) Silver leaching analysis as a function of bleach washing time c) Optical images of (i) PET-NP/P and (ii) PET-I/P samples as a function of bleach washing time d) Water contact angle (black) and hysteresis (blue) as a function of ultrasonic bleach washing time for (i) PET-NP/P and (ii) PET-I/P. e) SEM images after 300 minutes of ultrasonic bleach washing time for (i) PET-NP/P and (ii) PET-I/P.
Fig 5.
Antiviral comparison of treated fabrics before and after bleach washing.
a) HSV-1 viral quantities for unwashed fabric samples b) HSV-1 viral quantities for fabric samples after 100 minutes of bleach ultrasonic washing c) HSV-1 viral quantities for fabric samples after 300 minutes of bleach ultrasonic washing.