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Clothes with Antibacterial Nanoparticles

May 9, 2007 | 4 Comments

Student designer and fiber scientists create a dress that prevents colds and a jacket that destroys noxious gases. ‘Fashion designers and fiber scientists at Cornell have taken “functional clothing” to a whole new level. They have designed a garment that can prevent colds and flu and never needs washing, and another that destroys harmful gases and protects the wearer from smog and air pollution.
The two-toned gold dress and metallic denim jacket, featured at the April 21 Cornell Design League fashion show, contain cotton fabrics coated with nanoparticles that give them functional qualities never before seen in the fashion world.’





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  1. Analytical Chemist on May 9, 2007 19:57

    I know that Ag has some antibacterial properties but to the extend that fabric would “never need washing”?! Are they saying that silver nanoparticle will take care of the bacteria that thrives on our sweat and oil?

    I think all those fatty acid deposits on our skin will have to be somehow removed, perhaps by “BO” powered nano-robots :)

  2. Jorge Goncalves on May 9, 2007 20:48

    Yes, nice idea. May be you can call this “nanotechnology” self cleaning nanofibers. Why not?

  3. Grant Tiefenbruck on September 21, 2007 19:46

    I suspect that the antimicrobial nanoparticles used above are titanium dioxide which is very reactive with organic chemicals (eg dirt and BO) when irradiated with UV light. On the other hand, they didn’t say how they were going to keep the titanium dioxide from destroying the cotton either.

  4. Wanting to know on March 5, 2009 16:15

    How can I get in touch with these scientists? I have some very useful information for them.

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