1. Coating PHGH-Modified Starch on Papers to Induce Antimicrobial Properties.
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Zainab Ziaee, Huining Xiao, Yong Guan, and Pedram Fatehi
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PAPER , *ANTI-infective agents , *FUNGAL growth , *ESCHERICHIA coli , *COUPLING reactions (Chemistry) - Abstract
In this work, paper was rendered antimicrobial via applying antimicrobialmodified starch as a coating material onto the paper's surface. The antimicrobial starch was prepared by covalently bonding guanidine polymers using a coupling reaction. Two different coating layers were applied onto the paper's surface. The first coating layer contained clay mixed with a latex binder (clay 100 g/latex 20 g). The antimicrobial starches, which possessed different grafting ratios of the antimicrobial agent (30 wt.% and 50 wt.%), were applied as the second coating layer on the paper. The results showed that the coating thickness was approximately constant at 4 µm. In the presence of 0.5 to 1.0 wt.% antimicrobial starch on cellulose fibers, the growth inhibition of bacteria was almost 100%. Additionally, the resulting coated paper exhibited high antimicrobial activities against E. coli. Furthermore, the results showed that the coated papers prevented fungal growth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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