However, so far no method has been
developed to give permanent antibacterial activity to the surfaces
using silver or silver derivatives. To overcome this problem and develop
an efficient method or at least to extend the permanency,
many methods using silver nanoparticles have been proposed
including pre-treatment of the textile surface, embedding nanoparticles
on the fiber polymeric matrix and coating the surface
with a thin film of polymer containing nanoparticles and even
in situ production of silver nanoparticles on cotton fabric [8–17].
In this respect, Ibrahim et al.