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. 2015 Dec 1;20(12):21313–21327. doi: 10.3390/molecules201219768

Table 1.

Polymer samples that have been tested in terms of antibacterial effect.

Polymer Sample Code Polymer Type % Composition of Bacteriostatic Group References
PSSAmC16 D1 Homopolymer of cetyltrimethylammonium 4-styrene sulfonate 100% QAC electrostatically attached (Oikonomou et al., 2012) [18]
PVBCHAM D2 Homopolymer of vinyl benzyl dimethylhexadecylammonium chloride 100% QAC covalently attached (Koromilas et al., 2014) [22]
P(SSAmC16-co-VBCHAM65) D3 Copolymer of cetyltrimethylammonium 4-styrene sulfonate and vinyl benzyl dimethylhexadecylammonium chloride 35% QAC electrostatically attached-65% QAC covalently attached Present study
P(SSAmC16-co-VBCHAM25) D3a Copolymer of cetyltrimethylammonium 4-styrene sulfonate and vinyl benzyl dimethylhexadecylammonium chloride 75% QAC electrostatically attached-25% QAC covalently attached Present study
PSSPhC16 D4 Homopolymer of hexadecyltributylphosphonium 4-styrene sulfonate 100% QPC electrostatically attached (Oikonomou et al., 2012) [18]
P(MMA-co-VBCHAM47) D5 Copolymer of methyl methacrylate and vinyl benzyl dimethylhexadecylammonium chloride 47% QAC covalently attached (Koromilas et al., 2014) [22]
P(SSNa-co-VBCHAM20) D6 Copolymer of sodium 4-styrene sulfonate and vinyl benzyl dimethylhexadecylammonium chloride 20% QAC covalently attached (Koromilas et al., 2014) [22]
P(SSNa-co-VBCHAM85) D6a Copolymer of sodium 4-styrene sulfonate and vinyl benzyl dimethylhexadecylammonium chloride 85% QAC covalently attached (Koromilas et al., 2014) [22]
P(AA-co-VBCHAM88) D7 Copolymer of acrylic acid and vinyl benzyl dimethylhexadecylammonium chloride 88% QAC covalently attached (Koromilas et al., 2014) [26]
P(AA-co-VBCHAM20) D7a Copolymer of acrylic acid and vinyl benzyl dimethylhexadecylammonium chloride 20% QAC covalently attached (Koromilas et al., 2014) [26]