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Fabricating Superhydrophobic Polymeric Materials for Biomedical Applications
Published on: August 28, 2015
Polymerization of cardanol using soybean peroxidase and its potential application as anti-biofilm coating material
Yong Hwan Kim1, Eun Suk An, Bong Keun Song
1Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, P.O. Box 107, Yusong, Taejon 305-600, Korea. metalkim@krict.re.kr
Abstract:
Soybean peroxidase (20 mg) catalyzed the oxidative polymerization of cardanol in 2-propanol/phospate buffer solution (25 ml, 1:1 v/v) and yielded 62% polycardanol over 6 h. Cobalt naphthenate (0.5% w/w) catalyzed the crosslinking of polycardanol and the final hardness of crosslinked polycardanol film exceeded 9 H scale as pencil scratch hardness, which shows a high potential as a commercial coating material. In addition, it showed an excellent anti-biofouling activity to Pseudomonas fluorescens compared to other polymeric materials such as polypropylene.

