INTERPOLYELECTROLYTE REACTION BETWEEN POLYDIMETHYLDIALLYLAMMONIUM CHLORIDE AND SODIUM-SALT OF POLYACRYLIC-ACID GRAFTED ONTO CELLULOSE

With the aim of creating a reusable antimicrobial fibrous cellulosic m aterial, we studied the interpolymer reaction involving a cellulose gr aft copolymer with sodium polyacrylate, and an antimicrobial polycatio n, polydimethyldiallylammonium chloride. The characteristics of this i nterpolyelectrolyte reaction have been shown to differ from those of t he formation of a polyelectrolyte complex between the corresponding mo del water-soluble polyelectrolytes, and also from the interaction of t he cellulose graft copolymer with the sodium polyacrylate and another polycation, polyhexamethyleneguanidine.