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LANGMUIR
Volume 24, Issue 11, Pages 5816-5824Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/la800203y
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- NIBIB NIH HHS [EB-002027] Funding Source: Medline
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This paper focuses on surface characterization of P[AB] copolyoxetane soft block polyurethanes having either fluorous (3FOx, -CH2OCH2CF3) or PEG-like (ME2Ox, -CH2(OCHCH2)(2)OCH3), A side chains and alkylammonium, B side chains. Physical surface characterization data were analyzed in light of the previously observed order of antimicrobial effectiveness for a set of four surface modifiers. Ample physical evidence for surface concentration of fluorous 2 wt % P[AB]-polyurethane modifiers was obtained from XPS, contact angles, ATR-IR spectroscopy, and TM-AFM. In TM-AFM phase imaging, the most effective biocidal surface modifier, 2 wt % HMDI-BD(30)/ P[(3FOx)(C12)-0.89:0.11]-PU, showed a nanoscale phase-separated :structure consisting of 200 nm domains with background features about 10 times smaller. Despite similar surface characterization data, the 2 wt % fluorous C6 analog ranked third in contact biocidal effectiveness. Physical evidence for surface concentration of 2 wt % P[(ME2Ox)(C12)-0.86:0.14]-PU was modest, considering that antimicrobial effectiveness was second only to 2 wt % HMDI-BD(30)/P[(3FOx)(C12)-0.89:0.11]-PU. In this set of surface modifiers, nanoscale morphology is largely driven by the fluorous component, whereas antimicrobial effectiveness is more strongly influenced by alkylammonium chain length. The effect of alkylammonium side chain length on surface concentration and antimicrobial behavior is more pronounced for ME2Ox polyurethanes compared to the 3FOx analogs.
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