Antibacterial modification of PET with quaternary ammonium salt and silver particles via electron-beam irradiation

作者：Zhang, Shumin; Li, Rong; Huang, Dan; Ren, Xuehong^*; Huang, Tung-Shi

来源：Materials Science and Engineering: C , 2018, 85: 123-129.

DOI：10.1016/j.msec.2017.12.010

• Antibacterial
• Electron beam
• Polyester
• Quatemary ammonium compounds
• Silver

Quaternary ammonium compound 2-dimethyl-2-hexadecyl-1-methacryloxyethyl ammonium bromide (DEHMA) was synthesized and grafted onto polyester (PET) fibers with acrylic acid (AA) via electron-beam (EB) irradiation process. The grafted fibers were soaked in AgNO3 solution for further improving antibacterial efficiency. SEM, FTIR, EDX, and XPS were used to characterize the treated PET samples. The antibacterial efficacy testing showed the grafted PET samples inactivated all Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and Escherichia colt (E. colt O157:H7) in 10 min. After coated with silver ions, the antibacterial efficacy of the grafted PET with silver against S. aureus improved significantly. The EB irradiation process only caused a small degree of the breaking strength loss of the grafted PET fabrics which is acceptable in practical application.

• 出版日期2018-4-1
• 单位江南大学