The overview of the plasma processing and electrospinning process, as an attractive alternative methods to add new functionalities to textiles regarding its application in medical and health care sector, is presented. Viscose non-woven was treated by non-equilibrium oxygen and ammonia plasma. Oxygen plasma mainly resulted in significantly increased hydrophilicity, while ammonia treatment simultaneously exhibits also biostatic activities against most common pathogens that affect human skin, non-affected by ageing and storage gases. Both used plasma show a great potential as surface engineering tool due to used low temperature, short time of exposure with no specific requirements, and, above all, maintained plasma effects for 30 days in atmospheric air. The results of electrospun natural derived polymer material, with incorporated natural extracts, is presented. Antimicrobial tests have shown that electrospun mat with both extracts achieve reduction towards tested microorganisms: Staphylococcus aureus (G+), Escherichia coli (G-), Enterococcus faecalis (G+), and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (G-). The effective incorporation of olive leaf or oregano extracts represents a potential application in the field of medical dressings for healing infected wounds and as well as food preserving packaging.
B.04 Guest lecture
COBISS.SI-ID: 19703830We carried out a student project along the creative path to knowledge: public tender project work with the economy and non-economy in the local and regional environment - in the creative way to the knowledge 2016/2017. With the students, we transferred part of the developed knowledge in our project to other medical devices of synthetic origin and thus widely disseminated knowledge, especially among the younger population.
D.10 Educational activities
COBISS.SI-ID: 512745272On the basis of the recognition of the publications in the field of material development from biopolymer chitosan, I was invited as the quest- editor of Materials journal for the section: Chitosan based materials. In this kind of magazine, that is Open Access, we will also publish in 2019 the results of our project.
C.03 Guest-associated editor
COBISS.SI-ID: 33588485