STUDIES ON THE PREPARATION OF ZINC-CONTAINING ACTIVATED CARBON FIBERS AND THEIR ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2002-02-12
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Severalkindsofactivatedcarbonfibers,usingsisalfiberasprecursors,werepreparedwithsteamactivationorwithZnCl2activation.Zincoritscompoundsweredispersedinthem.Theantibacterialactivitiesoftheseactivatedcarbonfibersweredeterminedandcompared.TheresearchresultsshowedthatthesesisalbasedactivatedcarbonfiberssupportingzinchavestrongerantibacterialactivityagainstEscherichiacoliandS.aureus.Theantibacterialactivityisrelatedtotheprecursors,thepyrolysistemperature,andthezinccontent.Inaddition,smallquantityofsilversupportedonzinc-containingACFswillgreatlyenhancetheantibacterialactivityofACFs.