摘要:
Antimicrobial ion exchange polymer salts are made by exchanging biologically active ionic agents onto organic ion exchange polymers. The activated polymers are useful in a wide range of antimicrobial coatings, materials, devices, agricultural treatments, and other applications, and are stable to thermal degradation and decomposition. The activated ion exchange polymer salts may be water-soluble or insoluble in water. Particle size distribution of the activated ion exchange polymer salts may be reduced and the resulting powders processed into polymers or polymer precursors using novel methods to produce stable, biologically active polymer composites, including antimicrobial polymer composites and coatings that are effective against bacteria, fungi and/or viruses. Antimicrobial polymer composites and coatings described here are potent against normal and drug resistant microbes (e.g., MRSA, and Candida auris) and have been proven effective against problematic human pathogenic viruses, including influenza viruses (e.g., H1N1) and noroviruses.