Biofouling-resistant ceragenin-modified materials and structures for water treatment
Patent
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OSTI ID:1092910
This invention relates to methods for chemically grafting and attaching ceragenin molecules to polymer substrates; methods for synthesizing ceragenin-containing copolymers; methods for making ceragenin-modified water treatment membranes and spacers; and methods of treating contaminated water using ceragenin-modified treatment membranes and spacers. Ceragenins are synthetically produced antimicrobial peptide mimics that display broad-spectrum bactericidal activity. Alkene-functionalized ceragenins (e.g., acrylamide-functionalized ceragenins) can be attached to polyamide reverse osmosis membranes using amine-linking, amide-linking, UV-grafting, or silane-coating methods. In addition, silane-functionalized ceragenins can be directly attached to polymer surfaces that have free hydroxyls.
- Research Organization:
- SNL-A (Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM (United States))
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000;
- Assignee:
- Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM)
- Patent Number(s):
- 8,529,681
- Application Number:
- 12/986,234
- OSTI ID:
- 1092910
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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