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Contents
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 12
ABSTRACT 13
Ⅰ. INTRODUCTION 15
Ⅱ. MATERIALS AND METHODS 20
2.1. Materials 20
2.2. Synthesis of copper nanoparticles 20
2.3. Synthesis of polypropylene fabric coated with CuNPs 21
2.4. Synthesis of hydrogel containing CuNPs 23
2.5. Synthesis of hydrogel coating on PP-CuNPs 24
2.6. Characterizations 24
2.7. Experimental details 27
2.8. Antifungal analysis 29
2.9. Antibacterial analysis 32
Ⅲ. RESULTS 33
3.1. Physical characteristics of CuNPs 33
3.2. Physical characteristics of PP-CuNP and HG-PP CuNP 36
3.3. HG-CuNP antibacterial properties 38
3.4. PP-CuNP and HG-PP-CuNP antibacterial properties 39
3.5. CuNP antifungal property 42
3.6. HG-CuNP antifungal propreties 48
3.7. PP-CuNP and HG-PP-CuNP antifungal properties 51
Ⅳ. DISCUSSION 54
Ⅴ. CONCLUSION 56
Ⅵ. REFERENCES 59
ABSTRACT IN KOREAN 64
Table 1. Experiment details for antimicrobial assay. 28
Fig. 1. Schematic illustration of the fabrication procedure for copper nanoparticles (CuNPs). 21
Fig. 2. Schematic illustrations of the coating processes for copper nanoparticles (CuNPs) and hydrogel (HG) films on polypropylene (PP) fabric. 23
Fig. 3. Measurements of antifungal and antibacterial properties. 26
Fig. 4. Schematic illustrations of the antifungal and antibacterial analysis methods. 30
Fig. 5. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images and dynamic light scattering (DLS) analysis of copper nanoparticles (CuNPs) produced in three different... 34
Fig. 6. Polypropylene (PP) fabric coated with copper nanoparticles (CuNPs) and hydrogel (HG). 38
Fig. 7. Antibacterial analysis of HG-CuNP-PC4 against E. coli (KCTC 1682). 39
Fig. 8. Antibacterial analysis of PP-CuNP-5X and HG-PP-CuNP-5X against E.coli (KCTC 1682). 41
Fig. 9. Antifungal analysis of CuNP-0.25 (Fig. 4a) against B. fuckeliana (KCTC 6973). 44
Fig. 10. Antifungal analysis of CuNP-0.25 (Fig. 4a) against C. cladosporioides (KCTC 16680). 46
Fig. 11. Antifungal analysis of CuNP-0.25 (Fig. 4b) against B. fuckeliana (KCTC 6973) and C. cladosporioides (KCTC 16680). 47
Fig. 12. Antifungal analysis of HG-CuNP-PC3 (Fig. 4b) against B. fuckeliana (KCTC 6973) and C. cladosporioides (KCTC 16680). 49
Fig. 13. Antifungal analysis of HG-CuNP-PC4 (Fig. 4b) against B. fuckeliana (KCTC 6973) and C. cladosporioides (KCTC 16680). 50
Fig. 14. Antifungal analysis of PP-CuNP-5X and HG-PP-CuNP-5X against B. fuckeliana (KCTC 6973) and C. cladosporioides (KCTC 16680). 53
Fig. 15. Fabrication of antifungal polypropylene (PP) fabric with copper nanoparticles (CuNPs) and hydrogel (HG). 58