Journal
CELLULOSE
Volume 29, Issue 6, Pages 3569-3581Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-022-04469-x
Keywords
Quaternary ammonium compound; Cotton; Antibacterial; Carboxymethyl chitosan
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51873195, 51803186, 51573167]
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This study developed a method to immobilize quaternary ammonium compounds onto cotton fiber surface, creating a durable antibacterial coating. After 50 laundering cycles, the modified cotton fabric still maintained a high antibacterial rate, and its comfort properties were minimally affected.
Quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) have outstanding antimicrobial effect, but covalent immobilization of plentiful QAC onto cotton fiber surface to realize a durable function remains a challenge. Herein, a quaternary ammonium monomer, [2-(methacryloyloxy) ethyl] trimethylammonium chloride (DMC) was co-polymerized with methyl acrylate (MA) to prepare an antibacterial copolymer, poly(DMC-co-MA). To graft the copolymer with an improved grafting efficiency, cotton fabric was treated using carboxymethyl chitosan (CMC) to establish an amino-functionalized fiber surface first. This treatment allows the amidation reactions between the amino groups and the pendant ester groups in the poly(DMC-co-MA) to take place, achieving a durable anionic polymer coating onto the fiber surfaces with remarkably antibacterial effect. Characterization results indicated that when DMC/MA monomer ratio was 100:1, the resulting copolymer endows the modified cotton fabric with antibacterial capability that inactivates all Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus). Even after 50 laundering cycles, more than 98.0% of the antibacterial rate could still be retained. Moreover, the wearing comfort properties such as softness, water absorption and air permeability of the finishing cotton fabrics have been insignificantly changed by comparing to the untreated cotton fabric.
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