Synthesis, Characterization of Polyethylene Ionomers and Their Antibacterial Properties

Jia-Jia Wu; Fei Wang; Peng-Qi Wan; Li Pan; Chun-Sheng Xiao; Zhe Ma; Yue-Sheng Li

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Synthesis, Characterization of Polyethylene Ionomers and Their Antibacterial Properties

RESEARCH ARTICLE | Updated：2024-08-06

- Synthesis, Characterization of Polyethylene Ionomers and Their Antibacterial Properties
- Synthesis, Characterization of Polyethylene Ionomers and Their Antibacterial Properties
- 高分子科学（英文版） 2024年42卷第8期页码：1077-1084
- Affiliations：
  
  a.Tianjin Key Lab Composite & Functional Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
  b.Key Lab Polymer Ecomaterials, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
- Author bio：
  
  xiaocs@ciac.ac.cn (C.S.X.)
  ysli@tju.edu.cn (Y.S.L.)
- Funds：
  
  This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52130307).;Electronic supplementary information (ESI) is available free of charge in the online version of this article at http://doi.org/10.1007/s10118-024-3150-4.
- DOI：10.1007/s10118-024-3150-4
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- 收稿：2024-03-21，
  
  修回：2024-04-21，
  
  录用：2024-04-22，
  
  网络首发：2024-06-26，
  
  纸质出版：2024-08-01
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Wu, J. J.; Wang, F.; Wan, P. Q.; Pan, L.; Xiao, C. S.; Ma, Z.; Li, Y. S. Synthesis, characterization of polyethylene ionomers and their antibacterial properties. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2024, 42, 1077–1084

Jia-Jia Wu, Fei Wang, Peng-Qi Wan, et al. Synthesis, Characterization of Polyethylene Ionomers and Their Antibacterial Properties[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2024, 42(8): 1077-1084.
Wu, J. J.; Wang, F.; Wan, P. Q.; Pan, L.; Xiao, C. S.; Ma, Z.; Li, Y. S. Synthesis, characterization of polyethylene ionomers and their antibacterial properties. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2024, 42, 1077–1084 DOI： 10.1007/s10118-024-3150-4.

Jia-Jia Wu, Fei Wang, Peng-Qi Wan, et al. Synthesis, Characterization of Polyethylene Ionomers and Their Antibacterial Properties[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2024, 42(8): 1077-1084. DOI： 10.1007/s10118-024-3150-4.

摘要

With the rac-Et(Ind)

ZrCl

catalyst

the efficient copolymerization of ethylene and 11-iodo-undecene was achieved

and the obtai

ned copolymers were used as intermediates to prepare a series of polyethylene ionomers with different counterions. The resultant ionomers could be adjusted in terms of the stress-at-break (7.8−25.6 MPa) and the elongation-at-break (445−847%). Significantly

excellent antibacterial activities (

99%) was demonstrated.

Abstract

Owing to its high production volume and wide range of applications

polyethylene has gained a great deal of attention

but its low surface energy and non-polar nature have limited its application in some important fields. In this study

ethylene/11-iodo-1-undecene copolymers were prepared and used as the intermediates to afford a series of imidazolium-based ionomers bearing methanesulfonate (CH

−

)

trifluoromethanesulfonate (CF

−

)

bis

(trifluoromethane)sulfonimide (Tf

−

) counteranions. The tensile test results showed that the stress-at-break (7.8−25.6 MPa) and the elongation-at-break (445%−847%) of the ionomers could be adjusted by changing the counterion species and the ionic group contents. Most importantly

the ionomers exhibited marvelous antibacterial activities against

Staphylococcus aureus

(

S. aureus

) and

Escherichia coli

(

E. coli

). The ionomers bearing Tf

−

exhibited antibacterial activities

99% against both

S. aureus

and

E. coli

when ionic content reached 9.1%. The imidazolium-based ionomers prepared in this work demonstrated excellent comprehensive properties

especially high-efficient and broad-spectrum antibacterial ability

exhibiting the potential for the application as the antibacterial materials in packaging

medical

and other fields.

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