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Ultra-high pressure modified cellulosic fibres with antimicrobial properties.

Carbohydrate Polymers 2017 November 2
In this work bleached E. globulus kraft pulp was doped with polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB) from an aqueous solution or from a suspension of silica capsules (PHMB@silica) by impregnation under atmospheric or ultra-high pressure (UHP) conditions (500MPa). The antimicrobial properties of pulps were evaluated towards gram-negative E. coli and gram-positive L. innocua bacteria. PHMB loads below 500mg per kg of pulp revealed negligible bacteriostatic properties, whereas PHMB loads of ca 3000-4000mg per kg demonstrated bactericidal properties of pulp without significant deterioration of its mechanical strength. The UHP impregnation allowed significant improvement of PHMB uptake. Thus, under equal conditions, PHMB uptake was ca 25% greater under UHP than under atmospheric pressure impregnation, whereas the leachable amounts of PHMB in both pulps were comparable. The sorption of PHMB@silica on pulp in suspension under UHP conditions was ca 17% greater than under atmospheric pressure with almost 70% increase of leachable PHMB.

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