Microwave-assisted process for silver/silica sol application onto cotton fabrics

Silica sols modified with a silver compound are applied onto textile substrates to realize its antibacterial properties. As textile substrates, cotton fabrics are used. The liquid sol recipes are applied by a padding process onto the textiles. Afterwards, a microwave-assisted heating process is applied for drying of the silica sol coating and to form elementary silver nanoparticles. The microwave process is done in a closed autoclave system with...