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Chemistry for Everyone
Products of Chemistry
Chemistry of Durable and Regenerable Biocidal Textiles
Gang Sun
Division of Textiles and Clothing, University of California, Davis, CA 95616

S. Dave Worley
Department of Chemistry, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849

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January 2005
Vol. 82 No. 1
p. 60

Abstract
Unlike the widely used slow-releasing biocidal mechanism now employed in biocidal textiles, a novel regenerable process, based on a regeneration principle and halamine chemistry, has been developed in antimicrobial finishing of textiles. Halamine-modified textile materials demonstrate durable and regenerable antimicrobial functions and execute rapid inactivation of a broad spectrum of microorganisms by contact without yielding drug resistance. The unique properties of the products render them useful materials for medical-use and hygienic textiles. The chemistry of the biocidal materials is be discussed.

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*  Citation
Sun, Gang; Worley, S. Dave. J. Chem. Educ. 2005 82 60.
*  Keywords
Applications of Chemistry; Biotechnology; chloramine*; Consumer Chemistry; General Public; halamine*; Materials Science; Organic Chemistry; Polymer Chemistry; Public Understanding / Outreach; Reactive Intermediates; Redox Reactions; Upper-Division Undergraduate
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