Science Daily  October 8, 2021 The development of a multifunctional protective textile is still behind to supply adequate protection for the public. An international team of researchers (Hong Kong, USA – Northwestern University, US Army Aberdeen Proving Ground, the Netherlands) has designed multifunctional and regenerable N-chlorine based biocidal and detoxifying textiles using a robust zirconium metal–organic framework (MOF), UiO-66-NH2, as a chlorine carrier which can be easily coated on textile fibers. The fibrous composite exhibited rapid biocidal activity against both Gram-negative bacteria (E. coli) and Gram-positive bacteria (S. aureus) with up to a 7 log reduction within 5 min for […]