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Nonleaching Antimicrobial Cotton Fabrics Finished with Hyperbranched Polylysine

Journal

ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 15, Issue 41, Pages 47978-47988

Publisher

AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c10587

Keywords

antimicrobial cotton fabric; hyperbranched polylysine; covalent bonding; washing durability; safety

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In this study, a novel antimicrobial cotton fabric was developed by covalently bonding hyperbranched polylysine onto the surface of cotton fabric. The resulting fabric exhibited excellent antimicrobial activity, durability, and safety, highlighting the advantages of using HPL in the antimicrobial finishing of fabrics.
The choice of the antimicrobial agent and finishing process is very important for the activity, durability, and safety of antimicrobial fabrics. Here, a novel antimicrobial cotton fabric (HPL-CF) was constructed by covalently bonding an antimicrobial agent, hyperbranched polylysine (HPL), onto the surface of a cotton fabric (CF) pretreated with a silane coupling agent, 3-chloropropyltrimethoxysilane (CPTMS). The multiple amino groups contained in the periphery of HPL make it possible to react with the CF to form multiple bonds, which is beneficial to improve the durability and safety of HPL-CFs. The obtained HPL-CFs exhibited excellent antimicrobial activities against Escherichia coli (E. coli, Gram-negative bacteria), Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus, Gram-positive bacteria), and Candida albicans (C. albicans, fungi) even when the CF was treated with HPL solution at the concentration of 0.5 wt %. HPL2.0-CFs maintained 98, >99, and >99% of antimicrobial ratios for E. coli, S. aureus, and C. albicans, respectively, after 50 equiv of domestic laundering cycles, surpassing the requirements of the AAA class. The halo method, cell compatibility, and skin irritation assays all prove the fine safety of HPL-CFs. This work demonstrates the great advantages of applying HPL in the antimicrobial finishing of fabrics.

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