Journal Pre-proof Synthesis and characterization of chitosan/zinc oxide nanocomposite for antibacterial activity onto cotton fabrics and dye degradation applications Selvaraj Preethi, Kalimuthu Abarna, Manjunathan Nithyasri, Palaniswamy Kishore, Kathirvel Deepika, Rajamani Ranjithkumar, V. Bhuvaneshwari, Devaraj Bharathi PII: S0141-8130(20)34134-9 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.08.047 Reference: BIOMAC 16422 To appear in: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules Received date: 14 April 2020 Revised date: 29 July 2020 Accepted date: 5 August 2020 Please cite this article as: S. Preethi, K. Abarna, M. Nithyasri, et al., Synthesis and characterization of chitosan/zinc oxide nanocomposite for antibacterial activity onto cotton fabrics and dye degradation applications, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules (2020), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.08.047 This is a PDF file of an article that has undergone enhancements after acceptance, such as the addition of a cover page and metadata, and formatting for readability, but it is not yet the definitive version of record. This version will undergo additional copyediting, typesetting and review before it is published in its final form, but we are providing this version to give early visibility of the article. Please note that, during the production process, errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. © 2020 Published by Elsevier.