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A new photoactive water-soluble polypropylene imine dendrimer modified with 1, 8-naphthalimide and N-glucosamine for light-driven self-sterilizing cotton fabrics

Research Abstract

Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy is one of the effective strategies for facing the resistance of pathogenic microorganisms of traditional antibiotics. In connection with this, new effective compounds are being sought, increasing their biological activity upon irradiation. In this work, a new polypropylene imine (PPI) from the first generation was synthesized and modified with 1,8-naphthalimide, to which a sulfonyl chloride group (D1) was introduced at the C-4 atom, from which after interaction with glucosamine, a dendrimer containing a sulphonamide group (D2) was obtained. The photophysical characteristics of dendrimer D2 were investigated in five organic solvents of different polarity and aqueous media. It was found that the absorption and fluorescence maxima are slightly affected by the polarity of the solvents. Excimer and monomeric fluorescence were also recorded with dendrimer D2 in an aqueous solution …

Research Authors
Awad I Said, Desislava Staneva, Daniela Atanasova, Albena Jordanova, Ivo Grabchev
Research Date
Research Department
Research Journal
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry
Research Member
Research Pages
116306
Research Publisher
Elsevier
Research Year
2025