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Preparation of water‐compatible antifungal polyurethane with grafted benzimidazole as the antifungal agent
Author(s) -
Chung YongChan,
Kim Ha Youn,
Choi Jae Won,
Chun Byoung Chul
Publication year - 2015
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.41676
Subject(s) - benzimidazole , polyurethane , chaetomium globosum , hydroxymethyl , antifungal , ultimate tensile strength , propanoic acid , materials science , polymer chemistry , nuclear chemistry , chemistry , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , composite material , microbiology and biotechnology , botany , biology , engineering
We compared two series of benzimidazole (BI)‐grafted polyurethane (PU), one of which was water‐compatible, to compare their antifungal activities. The water‐compatible PU series had an additional 2,2‐bis(hydroxymethyl)propanoic acid group in the PU backbone. The water‐compatible PU series had a lower crosslinking density and tensile strength compared to the other PU series with increasing BI content. Although ordinary PU did not suppress fungal growth ( Chaetomium globosum ), the water‐compatible PU completely suppressed the growth even though it contained half as many BI groups. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2015 , 132 , 41676.