12/28/2010
7,858,106
Antimicrobial fiber and its production method, and antimicrobial fiber product comprising the antimicrobial fiber, its production method and regeneration method
Nonaka of Alcare, Japan, has developed an antimicrobial fiber bearing an anionic functional group, and a method of producing it wherein at least a part of the anionic functional group forms a quaternary ammonium salt and at least another part thereof forms an antimicrobial metal salt. The quaternary ammonium salt is preferably a cetylpyridinium salt, and the antimicrobial metal salt is preferably a zinc salt.  (RDC 7/6/2011)