Koromilas Nikos D, Lainioti Georgia Ch, Gialeli Chrisostomi, Barbouri Despoina, Kouravelou Katerina B, Karamanos Nikos K, Voyiatzis George A, Kallitsis Joannis K
Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, Patras, Greece; Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH) / Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences (ICE-HT), Rio-Patras, Greece.
Nanothinx S.A., Rio-Patras, Greece.
PLoS One. 2014 Sep 17;9(9):e107029. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107029. eCollection 2014.
Novel Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Hybrids were synthesized as potential materials for the development of membranes for water treatment applications in the field of Membrane Bioreactors (MBRs). Due to the toxicological concerns regarding the use of nanomaterials in water treatment as well as the rising demand for safe drinking water to protect public health, we studied the functionalization of MWCNTs and Thin-MWCNTs as to control their properties and increase their ability of embedment into porous anisotropic polymeric membranes. Following the growth of the hydrophilic monomer on the surface of the properly functionalized CNTs, that act as initiator for the controlled radical polymerization (ATRP) of sodium styrene sulfonate (SSNa), the antimicrobial quaternized phosphonium and ammonium salts were attached on CNTs-g-PSSNa through non-covalent bonding. In another approach the covalent attachment of quaternized ammonium polymeric moieties of acrylic acid-vinyl benzyl chloride copolymers with N,N-dimethylhexadecylamine (P(AA12-co-VBCHAM)) on functionalized CNTs has also been attempted. Finally, the toxicological assessment in terms of cell viability and cell morphological changes revealed that surface characteristics play a major role in the biological response of functionalized CNTs.
新型碳纳米管-聚合物杂化材料被合成出来,作为膜生物反应器(MBR)领域中用于开发水处理应用膜的潜在材料。由于在水处理中使用纳米材料存在毒理学问题,以及对安全饮用水以保护公众健康的需求不断增加,我们研究了多壁碳纳米管(MWCNTs)和薄壁多壁碳纳米管(Thin-MWCNTs)的功能化,以控制它们的性能并提高它们嵌入多孔各向异性聚合物膜的能力。在适当功能化的碳纳米管表面生长亲水性单体后,该单体作为苯乙烯磺酸钠(SSNa)可控自由基聚合(ATRP)的引发剂,抗菌季铵化鏻盐和铵盐通过非共价键连接到碳纳米管-g-PSSNa上。在另一种方法中,还尝试了将丙烯酸-乙烯基苄基氯共聚物与N,N-二甲基十六烷基胺(P(AA12-co-VBCHAM))的季铵化铵聚合物部分共价连接到功能化的碳纳米管上。最后,关于细胞活力和细胞形态变化的毒理学评估表明,表面特性在功能化碳纳米管的生物反应中起主要作用。