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Self-Sterilizing Materials. 2 . Evaluation of Surface Antibacterial Activity

Research Laboratory of Resources Utilization Tokyo Institute of Technology 4259, Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 227, Japan

Hideki Yamaguchi

Research Laboratory of Resources Utilization Tokyo Institute of Technology 4259, Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 227, Japan

Shigeo Tazuke

Research Laboratory of Resources Utilization Tokyo Institute of Technology 4259, Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 227, Japan

The cross-linked polyacrylamide films containing covalently-bonded N'-4- (2-acryloyloxyethyl)phenyl-N⁵-4-chlorophenylbiguanide hydrochloride (CPF-2) exhibit antibacterial activity at their surfaces and successfully act as self- sterilizing materials. Scanning electron microscopy studies indicate that inoc ulated cells of E. coli and S. aureus onto CPF-2 films undergo morphological changes, such as shrinkage and deformation, while those inoculated on blank cross-linked films remain intact. These morphological changes were ascribed to the collapse of the bacterial cells due to the action of released N¹-4-(2-hydroxy ethyl)phenyl-N⁵-4-chlorophenylbiguanide hydrochloride from CPF-2 by hy drolysis.

Journal of Bioactive and Compatible Polymers, Vol. 1, No. 3, 301-308 (1986)
DOI: 10.1177/088391158600100302


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