Polymeric iodophors with poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) and poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone): optical, hydrodynamic, thermodynamic, and antimicrobial properties

• Complex formation of poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) and poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone) with molecular iodine has been studied in aqueous solutions. Poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) exhibits greater ability to bind compared Iodophors based on exhibited similar antimicrobial properties. Formation iodophors by interactions dissolved solutions addition potassium iodide ethanol using a range physicochemical techniques including UV–Vis spectroscopy, viscometry, dynamic light scattering, isothermal titration calorimetry partitioning through semi-permeable membrane. It was established that poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone). Despite the difference binding these two polymers, their