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Preparation, characterization, and antimicrobial property of cotton cellulose fabric grafted with poly (propylene imine) dendrimer

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Two generations of poly (propylene imine) dendrimer with amino terminated groups (G2- and G5-PPI-NH2) were grafted on cotton cellulose fabric using cross linking agents (citric or glutaric acids). Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy identified ester groups which were formed between hydroxyl groups of the cotton fabric and carboxylic groups of the cross linking agents. Also, attenuated total reflectance-FTIR (ATR-FTIR) analysis confirmed formation of amide groups between the carboxylic groups of the cross linking agents and the amino end groups of the dendrimers. Nitrogen content (N-content) analysis revealed the presence of the dendrimers on the cotton fabric even after 5 washing cycles. In order to study the dispersion of the PPI dendrimers on the surface of the cotton fabric, field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) was performed. The particle size distribution of the G2- and G5-PPI-NH2 aqueous solutions was also determined by dynamic light scattering (DLS) analysis. Antimicrobial activity of the PPI dendrimer aqueous solutions and the cotton cellulose fabric grafted with the dendrimers was evaluated both quantitatively and qualitatively against Gram-positive bacterium (Staphylococcus aureus), Gram-negative bacteria (Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli) and fungus (Candida albicans). The dendrimer grafted cotton cellulose fabric exhibited a 99 % reduction in bacterial counts against S. aureus, E. coli and C. albicans. The antimicrobial activities of the grafted cotton cellulose fabric with the PPI dendrimers were maintained even after 5 washing cycles.

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The work was financially supported by Amir Kabir University of Technology (AUT). Also, we thank Mr. Firouz Mazaheri for his valuable suggestions in this study.

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    Samera Salimpour Abkenar & Reza Mohammad Ali Malek

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Salimpour Abkenar, S., Mohammad Ali Malek, R. Preparation, characterization, and antimicrobial property of cotton cellulose fabric grafted with poly (propylene imine) dendrimer. Cellulose 19, 1701–1714 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-012-9744-y

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