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Surface characterization and antibacterial activity of chitosan‐grafted poly(ethylene terephthalate) prepared by plasma glow discharge
Author(s) -
Huh Man Woo,
Kang InnKyu,
Lee Du Hyun,
Kim Woo Sik,
Lee Dong Ho,
Park Lee Soon,
Min Kyung Eun,
Seo Kwan Ho
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.1723
Subject(s) - chitosan , contact angle , nuclear chemistry , polymer chemistry , covalent bond , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , materials science , antibacterial activity , acrylic acid , grafting , attenuated total reflection , ethylene , chemistry , infrared spectroscopy , chemical engineering , catalysis , copolymer , organic chemistry , composite material , polymer , bacteria , biology , engineering , genetics
Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) texture was exposed to oxygen plasma glow discharge to produce peroxides on its surfaces. These peroxides were then used as catalysts for the polymerization of acrylic acid (AA) in order to prepare a PET introduced by a carboxylic acid group (PET‐A). Chitosan and quaternized chitosan (QC) were then coupled with the carboxyl groups on the PET‐A to obtain chitosan‐grafted PET (PET‐A‐C) and QC‐grafted PET (PET‐A‐QC), respectively. These surface‐modified PETs were characterized by attenuated total reflection Fourier transform IR spectroscopy, electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis, and a contact angle goniometer. The amounts of AA, chitosan, and QC grafted on the PET surfaces as determined by the gravimetric method were about 6, 8, and 9 μg/cm 2 , respectively. The antibacterial activity of the surface‐modified PET textures was investigated using a shake flask method. After 6 h of shaking, the growth of bacteria was markedly inhibited by PET with ionically (86% in PET‐A − ‐C + ) and covalently (75% in PET‐A‐C) grafted chitosan and with covalently grafted QC (83% in PET‐A‐QC). After the laundering the inhibition of the growth of the bacteria was maintained in the range of 48–58%, showing the fastness of the chitosan‐grafted PET textures against laundering. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 81: 2769–2778, 2001