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Polymer
Research at NC State Could Lead to Better Protective Clothing
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For more information contact
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Dr. Alan Tonelli says the process works by imbedding crystals with special additives directly into the polymers that make up the fabric itself. He says flame-retardant and antibacterial clothing are a good place to start. TRT - :31, O.C. - out the fire download Tonelli-1.wav | |||
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Tonelli and his students have found that E.coli bacteria would not grow on fabrics and films that were imbedded with crystals made with an anitbacterial compound. Tonelli says they are not sure how it works. TRT - :28 O.C. - that material download Tonelli-2.wav | |||
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Tonelli
says this process could be used in medical applications like hospital gowns
and sutures. TRT - :23 O.C. - ward off infection. download Tonelli-3.wav |
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Tonelli says this new process
may be a more effective means of drug delivery, because the current method
of polymer-delivered drugs do have a drawback. TRT - :24 O.C. boidegradable,
bioabsorbable polymer |
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