Synthesis and antibacterial study of sulfobetaine/quaternary ammonium-modified star-shaped poly[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate]-based copolymers with an inorganic core

• Main Authors: Pu, Yuji, Hou, Zheng, Khin, Mya Mya, Zamudio-Vázquez, Rubi, Poon, Kar Lai, Duan, Hongwei, Chan-Park, Mary B.
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Star Polymers; Polymethacrylate
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80914; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45025
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Star polymers with poly[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate] as the arms and POSS as the core (POSS-g-PDMA) were synthesized by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). The effect of molecular weight on the antibacterial activity was studied and lower molecular weight POSS-g-PDMA has better bact...