Contribution of surface bound positive charge towards the conversion of N-H to N-Cl on poly (ethylene terephthalate) and the antibacterial activity of the resulting N-Cl
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2016
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Kaur, Rajbir
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As a continued study on combined use of different antibacterial chemistries, N-chloramine and short chain Quaternary ammonium compound (QAC) were immobilized on modified poly (ethylene terephthalate) (PET) surface in various ratios via “click” chemistry. In this study, contribution of surface bound QAC to the conversion of cyclic and acyclic N-H to N-Cl, fastest recharging chlorination as well as the most effective antibacterial efficacy was investigated. Surface bound positive charge at the density of 8.4x1016charges/cm2 achieved highest equilibrium conversion and facilitated a nine-fold increase in conversion of sterically hindered acyclic N-H to N-Cl from 0.39 to 3.92%. Within the range of 2.8x1016 to 8.4x1016charges/cm2, highest active chlorine loading within first five minutes of chlorination was observed on sample loaded with 4.6x1016charges/cm2.As it comes to PET surface grafted with a cyclic N-chloramine precursor, the presence of 2x1016charges/cm2 enabled a five-fold increase in the conversion of cyclic N-H to N-Cl. The highest biocidal efficacy was observed for sample loaded with cyclic N-chloramine/QAC 17.2:10 which presented total kill of E.coli (5.8 log reduction) in 10 minutes compared to 1.9 log reduction for other ratios (22.8/10, 75.5/10) tested at a similar level of active chlorine(223±6ppm respectively).
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Antibacterial surfaces, N-chloramine