Catechol-Based Antimicrobial Polymers

Triclosan antimicrobial polymers

Triclosan antimicrobial molecular fluctuating energies of nonbonding electron pairs for the oxygen atom by ether bond rotations are reviewed with conformational computational chemistry analyses. Subsequent understanding of triclosan alternating ether bond rotations is able to help explain several material properties in Polymer Science. Unique bond rotation entanglements between triclosan and th...

Antimicrobial Modifications of Polymers

Novel Antimicrobial Polymers

There is substantial demand in medical and industrial sectors for coatings, films and fibers that prevent bacterial adhesion and growth. Pathogenic bacteria form biofilms that affect human health, producing considerable economic loss and human morbidity/mortality. These films are especially troublesome in the health care field (hospital-acquired infections and infections from indwelling medical...

Study on the Antimicrobial Properties of Citrate-Based Biodegradable Polymers

Citrate-based polymers possess unique advantages for various biomedical applications since citric acid is a natural metabolism product, which is biocompatible and antimicrobial. In polymer synthesis, citric acid also provides multiple functional groups to control the crosslinking of polymers and active binding sites for further conjugation of biomolecules. Our group recently developed a number ...

Antimicrobial Polymers with Metal Nanoparticles

Metals, such as copper and silver, can be extremely toxic to bacteria at exceptionally low concentrations. Because of this biocidal activity, metals have been widely used as antimicrobial agents in a multitude of applications related with agriculture, healthcare, and the industry in general. Unlike other antimicrobial agents, metals are stable under conditions currently found in the industry al...