“…Silk fabric samples irradiated with a dose of 100 kGy show a clearly higher susceptibility to bacterial biodegradation than unirradiated samples. [45] Enhancing the binding of the ZnO nanoparticles with cotton fabrics can be achieved after irradiation by gamma ray of 9 kGy. This suggests that there is an increased level of binding between the functional nanoparticles which have been coated on cotton fabrics after gamma ray irradiation, which can be useful for the textile industries.…”