Novel organic antibacterial thermal stabilizers for transparent poly(vinyl chloride)

作者:Xu, Xiaopeng; Chen, Si; Shi, Yanqin; Wu, Bozhen; Ma, Meng; Wang, Xu*
来源:Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2015, 122(3): 1435-1444.
DOI:10.1007/s10973-015-4869-5

摘要

A novel kind of antibacterial thermal stabilizers for transparent poly(vinyl chloride), bis-uracil compounds with different alkyl chain length, was synthesized by the condensation of 6-amino-1,3-dimethyluracil with aliphatic aldehydes and characterized with H-1 NMR spectra. Not only high stabilization efficiency which increased with the increasing of alkyl chain length was obtained to prevent PVC from degradation, special antibacterial properties could also be acquired in the mean time of keeping PVC highly transparent. The results of discoloration test, thermogravimetric analysis, Fourier transform infrared spectra, visible spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy revealed that the bis-uracil compounds could absorb HCl through acid-base reaction and chemical bonding, and the amine group played a key role in reacting with the inherent structural defects in PVC chains, meanwhile the long alkyl chain of the bis-uracil compounds could reduce their melting points and improve the compatibility with PVC. Comparing with the referential films stabilized by 6-amino-1,3-dimethyluracil and Ca/Zn stabilizers, PVC films stabilized with bis-uracil compounds had excellent transparency. In addition, the measurement of antimicrobial activity suggested that the bis-uracil compounds had the biological activity to inhibit growth of bacteria. We believe that PVC stabilized by such multifunctional stabilizers may widen its applications in biomedical field.