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Development Of Self-Cleaning Cotton Which Breaks Down Pesticides, Bacteria
Posted: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 02:00:00 PDT
UC Davis scientists have developed a self-cleaning cotton fabric that can kill bacteria and break down toxic chemicals such as pesticide residues when exposed to light. "The new fabric has potential applications in biological and chemical protective clothing for health care, food processing and farmworkers, as well as military personnel," said Ning Liu, who conducted the work as a doctoral student in Professor Gang Sun's group in the UC Davis Division of Textiles of Clothing. A paper describing the work was published in the Journal of Materials Chemistry
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Development Of Self-Cleaning Cotton Which Breaks Down Pesticides, Bacteria
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