Title: Preparation and antimicrobial activity of ZnO-NPs coated cotton/starch and their functionalized ZnO-Ag/cotton and Zn(II) curcumin/cotton materials

Biography:

Professor Issa M El Nahhal has completed his his PhD in 1986 from University of Manchester, UK. He is working at Al Azhar University of Gaza, Palestine since 1992, Chemistry Department, He was a Fulbrighter in Colorado State University .USA,1993/94. He has supervised more than 30 MSc thesis and five PhD thesis. He has authored more than 100 scientific articles in high reputation international journals, he also published one book and one chapter. He has attended many local and international conferences. He reviewed many scientific papers for several international Journals. His research interest is in material science areas: Functionalized polysiloxanes, Sol-Gel encapsulation of PH indicators, Mesoporous silica materials and nanometal oxides coated cotton materials.