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Yang Tang1, Linlin Xie1, Mingze Sai1
1College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Longteng Road 333, Shanghai 201620, China.
Abstract:
Chitosan (CTS) is a natural polymer with active groups such as -NH2 which can be functionalized to introduce new positively charged N-atoms and protonated amino group for better use. In this study, to improve the stability of iodine, a novel complex (CTS-CTA-I2) was prepared by mixing N-(2-hydroxy) propyl-3-trimethylammonium chitosan chloride (CTS-CTA) with iodine in ethanol solution. The CTS-CTA-I2 was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectra (FTIR), Ultraviolet and visible (UV-vis) spectra and thermal gravimetric analysis (TG). Besides, the interaction of iodine with CTS-CTA was also studied. The mole ratio of CTS-CTA with iodine was measured by iodometric titration method and the max mole ratio of CTS-CTA with iodine was 1:1.33. The antimicrobial activity of CTS, CTS-CTA and CTS-CTS-I2 complexes was investigated against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus and the antibacterial property of CTS-CTA-I2 was superior to CTS-CTA.
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