OREANDA-NEWS  Russian scientists have developed a coating technology for various tissues that allows making a material that prevents the growth of bacteria and fungi, which is also resistant to nosocomial infections, the press service of the National Technological Initiative (NTI) told RIA Novosti.

"A university startup from the St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design has developed antibacterial and antifungal textile materials that are resistant to nosocomial infections and prevent the growth of bacteria and fungi. The materials reduce the number of bacteria by 99.9% in less than a day, including strains that cause infections against which there are currently no means of protection," they said. Thus, the development is based on the technology of chemical synthesis of bimetallic nanoparticles in the structure of the material. "The modified materials have a strong fungicidal and bactericidal effect," said Ekaterina Kudryavtseva, the project leader.

According to her, the development will be of interest primarily to light industry enterprises and medical organizations, since the treatment of a medical gown, for example, will cost no more than 300 rubles, and the effect persists after 25 washes.

At the same time, as the developers note, copper and silver enhance the effect of each other, so the bactericidal and fungicidal properties of such materials are stronger compared to analogues. "Protective properties against dangerous strains of microorganisms have already been proven, among them Acenobacter, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, enterococci, Klebsiella," the NTI concluded.


It is clarified that we are talking about the technology of coating the material, and the work itself is carried out within the framework of the accelerator of the federal project "Platform of University technological Entrepreneurship".