Excellency of Calendula arvensis in AgNPs Synthesis for Cotton Fabrics in Terms of Shape Diversity and Antibacterial Wash Fastness

• Published in: Fibers and polymers Vol. 24; no. 11; pp. 3913 - 3926
• Main Authors: Ahmed, Toufique, Ogulata, R. Tugrul, Gülnaz, Osman
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Seoul The Korean Fiber Society 01-11-2023; Springer Nature B.V; 한국섬유공학회
• Subjects: Chemistry; Chemistry and Materials Science; Cotton; Cotton fabrics; Fabrics; Nanoparticles; Polymer Sciences; Regular Article; Silver; Synthesis; 섬유공학; Antibacterial wash fastness; Green synthesis; Antimicrobial textiles; Silver nanoparticle
• ISSN: 1229-9197; 1875-0052
• DOI: 10.1007/s12221-023-00341-2

Green synthesis is a widely known silver nanoparticle (AgNPs) synthesis method. Hundreds of biological extracts have been applied for synthesizing of AgNPs. This study used
C. reticulata
,
C. sativus
and
C. arvensis
as plant extracts for AgNPs synthesis. It depicted the supremacy of
C. arvensis
in green synthesis. Here, we compared the nanoparticle’s morphology and antibacterial activity of
C. arvensis
synthesized AgNPs with other previously accomplished works on different plant extracts. The AgNPs were incorporated in cotton fabrics with multiple methods. We used FTIR, UV–Vis, SEM, EDS, XRD, antibacterial activity, and wash fastness for characterization. The SEM image shows
C. arvensis
plant can synthesize different shapes, whereas
C. reticulata
synthesizes nearly spherical shapes. It also showed the
C. arvensis
plant extract exhibited 96% antibacterial activity after 20 washes with double padding methods, which is the best among the available works on antibacterial wash fastness without any binder or cross-linkers. In contrast,
Citrus reticulata
showed 88% antibacterial activity after five washes.