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Effect of cationic polyelectrolytes in contact-active antibacterial layer-by-layer functionalization

  • Chao Chen , Josefin Illergård , Lars Wågberg and Monica Ek EMAIL logo
Published/Copyright: May 12, 2017
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Abstract

Contact-active surfaces have been created by means of the layer-by-layer (LbL) modification technique, which is based on previous observations that cellulose fibers treated with polyelectrolyte multilayers with polyvinylamine (PVAm) are perfectly protected against bacteria. Several different cationic polyelectrolytes were applied, including PVAm, two different poly(diallyl dimethyl ammonium chloride) polymers and two different poly(allylamine hydrochloride) polymers. The polyelectrolytes were self-organized in one or three layers on cellulosic fibers in combination with polyacrylic acid by the LbL method, and their antibacterial activities were evaluated. The modified cellulose fibers showed remarkable bacterial removal activities and inhibited bacterial growth. It was shown that the interaction between bacteria and modified fibers is not merely a charge interaction because a certain degree of bacterial cell deformation was observed on the modified fiber surfaces. Charge properties of the modified fibers were determined based on polyelectrolyte titration and zeta potential measurements, and a correlation between high charge density and antibacterial efficiency was observed for the PVAm and PDADMAC samples. It was demonstrated that it is possible to achieve antibacterial effects by the surface modification of cellulosic fibers via the LbL technique with different cationic polyelectrolytes.

Acknowledgments

We thank the Chinese Scholarship Council for financial support and RISE Bioeconomy for technical support with the nitrogen analysis. Lars Wågberg acknowledges the Wallenberg Wood Science Centre at KTH Royal Institute of Technology for financial support.

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Received: 2016-10-14
Accepted: 2017-4-4
Published Online: 2017-5-12
Published in Print: 2017-7-26

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