Cotton fabrics were modified by xerogel coatings with dispersed particles of graphene (Gr) or reduced graphene oxide (RGO). To obtain a stable dispersion of Gr or RGO in organo-silicon sol, sodium lauryl sulfate as an anionic surfactant was used. The fabrics were padded with the organo-silicon sol containing dispersed Gr or RGO, forming a thin xerogel coating after drying. The...
Antibacterial polysiloxane polymers with pending tert-butylamine groups are a novel class of compounds that are compatible with silicone elastomers, but their mechanism of action is not well understood. The research into their action mechanism was conducted on a polysiloxane copolymer grafted with tert-butylaminoethyl methacrylate and covalently attached fluorescein. Fluorometric...
Polysiloxane microspheres containing a large number of silanol groups were functionalized by reactions of these groups with organic alkoxy or chlorosilanes having chloro, amine or imidazole functions in their organic parts. The obtained imidazole groups on the microspheres were ionized by the reaction with n-octyl iodide and with methyl iodide while the chloro functions were used...
Disease-causing bacteria of the genus Aeromonas are able to adhere to pipe materials, colonizing the surfaces and forming biofilms in water distribution systems. The aim of our research was to study how the modification of materials used commonly in the water industry can reduce bacterial cell attachment. Polyvinyl chloride and silicone elastomer surfaces were activated and...
Witold Fortuniak Stanislaw Slomkowski Julian Chojnowski Jan Kurjata Adam Tracz Urszula Mizerska The coemulsification method suitable for the formulation of microcapsules of n-eicosane coated with a
Two kinds of new biocidal siloxane copolymers were synthesized, poly-[3(t-butylamino)propyl]methylsiloxane-co-(3-chloropropyl)methylsiloxane] and poly[dimethylsiloxane-co-(3-mercaptopropyl)methylsiloxane]-g-poly-2(t-butylamino)ethyl methacrylate]. Water-soluble derivatives of these copolymers, having charged ammonium groups, were also obtained. The copolymers were tested against...
