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Fast preparation of biopassive nonfouling coatings on cellulose

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The microbial infection as a result of biofilm formation is a serious problem in various fields of application in the paper industry including fouling of filters in air conditioning systems, wallpaper, medical and food packaging as well as ancient documents. In this study, we document a highly nonfouling surface coating formed by a functional copolymer consisting of 2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine, as a zwitterionic and cell repellent component, and 4-benzophenyl methacrylate, acting as an anchor group for a fast UV-induced persistent covalent attachment on thin cellulose model films deposited on silicon wafers. The grafting process, studied by UV–Vis spectroscopy, is much faster in comparison with common grafting-to techniques. The obtained sustainable and nonleaching surface coatings were analyzed by attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, contact angle measurements, spectroscopic in situ ellipsometry, and atomic force microscopy. Incubation of the modified cellulose surfaces with either Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis or Saccharomyces cerevisiae demonstrates that the zwitterionic polymer functionalization has substantial nonfouling capacity against both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria as well as the yeast fungus.

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Acknowledgments

A. S. Münch gratefully acknowledges the funding from Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) of Germany (AiF-IGF 18696 BR). The authors thank Mikhail Malanin for collecting the FTIR spectra and Hannes Kettner for the AFM images. Furthermore, Hartmut Komber is acknowledged for the NMR spectra, Christina Harnisch for conducting the GPC measurements, Michele Wölk for the support in laboratory, and Annabell Radisch (GMBU e.V.) for carrying out the cell adhesion experiments and fluorescence measurements. Dr. Jens Schaller (Thüringisches Institut für Textil- und Kunststoff-Forschung e.V. in Rudolstadt, Germany) is gratefully acknowledged for the provision of trimethylsilyl cellulose.

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    Alexander S. Münch, Tina Fritzsche & Petra Uhlmann

  2. Gesellschaft zur Förderung von Medizin-, Bio- und Umwelttechnologien e.V., Bautzner Landstraße 45, 01454, Radeberg, Germany

    Helfried Haufe

  3. Department of Chemistry, Hamilton Hall, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 639 North 12th Street, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA

    Petra Uhlmann

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Münch, A.S., Fritzsche, T., Haufe, H. et al. Fast preparation of biopassive nonfouling coatings on cellulose. J Coat Technol Res 15, 703–712 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11998-018-0066-3

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