(GIST OF SCIENCE REPORTER) IIT Delhi startup develops highly effective antiviral fabric


(GIST OF SCIENCE REPORTER) IIT Delhi startup develops highly effective antiviral fabric

[MAY-2022]


IIT Delhi startup develops highly effective antiviral fabric

  • A deep-tech healthcare startup incubated at IIT Delhi, has developed an affordable high-performance medical textile called Fabium, which destroys more than 99% of bacteria and viruses within 30 minutes
  • Ordinary antimicrobial fabric products available in the market inhibit microbes in 24 hours with unsatisfactory efficiency. 
  • This period of 24 hours makes those antimicrobial fabric products impractical to be used in everyday life because a typical bacterium doubles itself in around 20-30 minutes.
  • Fabium is developed using Hi-PAT technology, which makes it highly effective against bacteria, viruses, and fungi. It starts working within seconds of contact with the pathogens and destroys them within 30 minutes.
  • Large-scale manufacturing of Fabium requires passing the raw cotton fabric through a set of proprietary chemical formulations while using the standard textile processing machinery, which is commonly available in the Indian textile industry.
  • Fabium can be made with any kind of fabric ─ natural or synthetic; woven, non-woven, or knitted. One of the major USPs of Fabium is its natural colour, which is 100% white, making it suitable for further dyeing, printing, embroidery, and other kinds of designing.
  • The fabric is free from formaldehyde & metal nanoparticles, which cause toxicity & irritation to the human body.

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Courtesy: Science Reporter