Over the past decade, there have been many successful attempts at artificially reproducing
the surface structures found on natural superhydrophobic surfaces. The researchers have …

Green synthesis approaches of metal nanoparticles and metal oxide nanoparticles from
plant extracts have become a focus of research attention in an era of environmentally …

Bio-mediated synthesis of metal oxide nanoparticles using plant extract is a promising
alternative of traditional chemical synthesis. The present study reports the synthesis of ZnO …

Objective To determine the efficacies of antibacterial and antioxidant activities of aqueous
leaf extract of Psidium guajava mediated biosynthesis of titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO …

Today, consumers are well aware of the functional protection properties of textiles, in
addition to their aesthetic appearance. The use of nanoparticles for specialty finishing is an …

Medical device-associated infections are a serious medical threat, particularly for patients
with impaired mobility and/or advanced age. Despite a variety of antimicrobial coatings for …

Cotton fabric is a prevalent natural textile. The fibers in the cotton fabric are polymers made
of thousands of glucose residues linked by glycosidic bonds. Cotton fabric has good air …

The biological routes are advantageous over the chemical and physical ones as unlike.
These, the biological synthesis protocol occurs at ambient conditions, are cheap, non-toxic …

β-Cyclodextrin (β-CD) is an oligosaccharide composed of seven units of D-(+)-
glucopyranose joined by α-1, 4 bonds, which is obtained from starch. Its singular trunk …

Textiles are good substrates for growth of microorganisms especially under moisture and
temperature conditions found in hospitals. Microbial shedding from the body occurs …