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    Poly(para-Phenylene Ethynylene) (PPE)- and Poly(para-Phenylene Vinylene) (PPV)-Poly[(2-(Methacryloyloxy)Ethyl) Trimethylammonium Chloride] (PMETAC) Graft Copolymers Exhibit Selective Antimicrobial Activity

    Damavandi, M, Pilkington, L, Whitehead, KA, Wilson-Nieuwenhuis, J, McBrearty, J, Travas-Sejdic, J, Barker, D and Dempsey-Hibbert, N (2017) Poly(para-Phenylene Ethynylene) (PPE)- and Poly(para-Phenylene Vinylene) (PPV)-Poly[(2-(Methacryloyloxy)Ethyl) Trimethylammonium Chloride] (PMETAC) Graft Copolymers Exhibit Selective Antimicrobial Activity. European Polymer Journal, 98. pp. 368-374. ISSN 0014-3057

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    Abstract

    Antimicrobial resistance is becoming a global health concern; as such, the need for new effective treatments and preventive measures is increasing. Poly(para-phenylene ethynylene) (PPE)- and poly(para-phenylene vinylene) (PPV)-poly[(2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl) trimethylammonium chloride] (PMETAC) graft copolymers were tested against a range of clinically and industrially relevant bacteria and results showed many of these conjugated polyelectrolytes (CPE’s) to be active. Of all of the compounds tested, PPE-g-PMETAC (low molecular weight, LMW) had greatest antimicrobial activity, especially against Enterococcus faecium, Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Escherichia coli and Acinetobacter baumannii.

    Item Type: Article
    Peer-reviewed: Yes
    Date Deposited: 27 Nov 2017 10:25
    Publisher: Elsevier
    Additional Information: This is an Author Accepted Manuscript of a paper accepted for publication in European Polymer Journal, published by and copyright Elsevier.
    Divisions: Faculties > Science and Engineering
    Research Centres > Centre for Bioscience
    Subject terms: Science & Technology, Physical Sciences, Polymer Science, PPE, PPV, Graft copolymer, ARGET ATRP, Anti-microbial, TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION, CONJUGATED POLYELECTROLYTES, ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANCE, KLEBSIELLA-PNEUMONIAE, BACTERIA, POLYMERS, NANOPARTICLES, OLIGOMERS, POLY(P-PHENYLENEETHYNYLENE), PHOTOLUMINESCENCE, 0303 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry, 0904 Chemical Engineering, 0912 Materials Engineering, Polymers
    URI: https://mmu-uat.leaf.cosector.com/id/eprint/619481
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2017.11.044
    ISSN 0014-3057

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