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Team publish paper in Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

24 January 2022

Congratulations to Dr. Biswajoy Bagchi, Carmen Salvadores Fernandez, and Prof. Manish K. Tiwari, for publishing a paper titled "Copper nanowire embedded hypromellose: An antibacterial nanocomposite film" in the Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. Our first paper of 2022!

Journal Cover with Images of Carmen, Manish, Biswajoy

 reports a novel antibacterial nanocomposite film comprising of copper nanowire impregnated biocompatible hypromellose using polyethylene glycol as a plasticiser. The film is flexible and shows excellent antibacterial activity against both Gram positive and negative bacteria at 4.8 wt% nanowire loading with MIC values of 400 µg/mL and 500 µg/mL for E. coliÌý²¹²Ô»åÌýS. aureusÌý°ù±ð²õ±è±ð³¦³Ù¾±±¹±ð±ô²â.

A big congratulations also to co-authors, Prof. Laurence Lovat (WEISS), Dr. Mani Bhatti and Dr. Lena Ciric (both Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering).