Cationic wood cellulose films with high strength and bacterial anti-adhesive properties |
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Authors: | Juho Antti Sirviö Anna-Kaisa Anttila Anna Maria Pirttilä Henrikki Liimatainen Ilkka Kilpeläinen Jouko Niinimäki Osmo Hormi |
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Institution: | 1. Fiber and Particle Engineering Laboratory, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 4300, 90014, Oulu, Finland 2. Department of Biology, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 3000, 90014, Oulu, Finland 3. Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 55, 00014, Helsinki, Finland 4. Department of Chemistry, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 3000, 90014, Oulu, Finland
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Abstract: | In this work, periodate oxidized birch wood pulp and microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) were cationized using Girard’s reagent T or aminoguanidine. Cationic celluloses were used to obtain films via solvent-casting method, and the effects of the cationization route and the cellulose fiber source on the properties of the films were studied. Thermal and optical properties of the films were measured using differential scanning calorimetry and UV–Vis spectrometry, and the morphology of the films was examined using an optical microscope and a field emission scanning electron microscope. Bacterial anti-adhesive properties of the films were also studied using a modified leaf print method and against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli. Both cationizing agents exhibited similar reactivity with periodate oxidized celluloses, however, MFC had significantly higher reactivity compared to birch pulp. The films with high tensile strength (39.1–45.3 MPa) and modulus (3.5–7.3 GPa) were obtained from cationized birch pulp, aminoguanidine modification producing a film with slightly better mechanical properties. Modulus of the films was significantly increased (up to 14.0 GPa) when MFC was used as a cellulose fiber source. Compared to the unmodified MFC films, the cationic MFC films were less porous and significantly more transparent; however, they had slightly lower tensile strength values. It was found that aminoguanidine modified celluloses had no culturable bacteria on its surface and also exhibited resistance to microbial degradation, whereas there were culturable bacteria on the surface of Girard’s reagent modified films and they were partially degraded by the bacteria. |
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