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Abstract
Herein, highly transparent alkaline lignin (AL)-decorated, environmentally friendly, water-resistant waterborne polyurethane (WPU) antibacterial composite films (WPU/AL-MC) were constructed by incorporation of 1-chloro-2,2,5,5-tetramethyl-4-imidazolinone (MC) N-halamine biocide via a facile solution-casting technique. Interestingly, as-synthesized WPU/AL-MC films showed reinforced mechanical properties (20.80 MPa) and high-efficiency ultraviolet (UV)-shielding performance (over 85% of the UVA spectrum) compared to pristine WPU. The antibacterial rates of WPU/AL-MC films (0.8 wt % MC) against the inoculated model strains, Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and Escherichia coli (E. coli), could reach 100% after 5 min of contact. Additionally, an obvious inhibition zone further potentially confirmed the release-killing mechanism of MC, which gave evidence that the WPU/AL-MC films illustrated rapid and persistent biocidal activity owing to the combination of contact-killing and release-killing processes. Meanwhile, the WPU/AL-MC films exhibited an adequate swelling ratio, well-maintained thermal stability, and prominent storage stability. At a very low filler loading of MC, the proposed antibacterial films also exhibited remarkable preservation capacity and could be used for fresh-keeping fields. Overall, this insight has a guiding function toward the simple approach for fabricating and structurally designing high-performance advanced WPU composite films in packaging utilization.
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ACS Applied Polymer Materials is an interdisciplinary journal publishing original research covering all aspects of engineering, chemistry, physics, and biology relevant to applications of polymers.
The journal is devoted to reports of new and original experimental and theoretical research of an applied nature that integrates fundamental knowledge in the areas of materials, engineering, physics, bioscience, polymer science and chemistry into important polymer applications. The journal is specifically interested in work that addresses relationships among structure, processing, morphology, chemistry, properties, and function as well as work that provide insights into mechanisms critical to the performance of the polymer for applications.