Antibacterial Properties of Polyurethane / Benzalkonium Chloride Nanofibers

Ayşe Feyza ARSLAN

Makale detayları

Antibacterial Properties of Polyurethane / Benzalkonium Chloride Nanofibers

Yazarlar:

Ayşe Feyza ARSLAN

Yayıncı:

Marmara University

Dergi:

International Periodical of Recent Technologies in Applied Engineering 2019 Vol.1 Issue 1, pp.13-18

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

4/2019

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000719528

Sıklık:

Üç Aylık

eISSN:

2667-8640

Özet:

 


The textile sector brings us different functional features besides our need for dressing. One of them is to give antibacterial properties to textile structures. Antibacterial property increases the quality of life by protecting people against bacterial attacks. It is possible to achieve antibacterial activity at different stages of textile production processes. One of these processes is the electrospinning method, which makes it possible to add antibacterial substances into a polymer containing solution to be processed to a nanofiber structure.


In this study, nanofiber structures were obtained by electrospinning from polyurethane (PU)/benzalkonium chloride (BAC) solutions at different concentrations. Then, their morphological, mechanical and antibacterial characteristics were investigated.


According to the results, the produced fiber membranes had nanometer size. The nanofiber surfaces were intensive and uniform when BAC concentration was 0.5% and 1.0%. But, the uniformity lost at the higher BAC concentrations. The thinnest fiber diameter of nanofibers was 423±80nm. The strongest (6,42MPa) nanofiber structure was observed when the electrospinning solution included 0.98% PU and 1% BAC.


The antibacterial activities of the fabrics were tested against gram-negative (E. coli and P. aeruginosa) and gram-positive (B. subtilis and S. aureus) bacteria. The fabrics showed antibacterial activity with a dose dependent manner against all the tested bacteria by the order of B. subtilis > S. aureus > E. coli > P. aeruginosa.


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Makale detayları

Antibacterial Properties of Polyurethane / Benzalkonium Chloride Nanofibers

Yazarlar: Ayşe Feyza ARSLAN

Yayıncı: Marmara University

Dergi: International Periodical of Recent Technologies in Applied Engineering 2019 Vol.1 Issue 1, pp.13-18

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 4/2019

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000719528

Sıklık: Üç Aylık

eISSN: 2667-8640

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Ayşe Feyza ARSLAN

Yayıncı:

Marmara University

Dergi:

International Periodical of Recent Technologies in Applied Engineering 2019 Vol.1 Issue 1, pp.13-18

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

4/2019

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000719528

Sıklık:

Üç Aylık

eISSN:

2667-8640