Gökçe, YavuzAktaş, ZekiÇapar, Göksen2023-10-102023-10-102020-11-01Gökçe, Y. vd. (2020). "Improved antibacterial property of cotton fabrics coated with waste sericin/silver nanocomposite". Materials Chemistry and Physics, 254.025405841879-3312https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2020.123508https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0254058420308737http://hdl.handle.net/11452/34274Sericin is a valuable protein with unique properties, however it is currently discarded as a waste in silk industry, which leads to economic losses and environmental pollution. This study focuses on the utilisation of recovered waste sericin as a potential antibacterial raw material in textile industry for the first time. Waste sericin was used as a reducing and stabilising agent in the production of sericin/silver nanocomposite samples with a binary reducing agent system containing NaOH and NaBH4. The nanocomposite samples were prepared with three different cross-linkers and applied to cotton fabrics at nanocomposite concentrations of 20 g/L and 40 g/L. The antibacterial performance against Escherichia Coli (E. Coli) and Staphylococcus Aureus (S. Aureus) was good; which remained even at the end of 20 wash cycles. The fabrics exhibited better mechanical properties in the presence of cross-linkers.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessMaterials scienceWasteSericin recoveryNanocompositeAntibacterial finishingSilk-sericinDurable antibacterialPorous scaffoldsTextilesCarbonExtractionResistanceMembraneFibroinCottonCotton fabricsEscherichia coliLossesNanocompositesSodium borohydrideSodium hydroxideAnti-bacterial performanceAntibacterial propertiesCross-linkersEnvironmental pollutionsEscherichia coli (E. coli)Nanocomposite samplesSilk industryStabilising agentsTextile industryArticle0005697833000052-s2.0-85087917966254Materials science, multidisciplinaryHydrogel; Silk; Degumming