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PLOS ONE | 2014

Preparation and Toxicological Assessment of Functionalized Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Hybrids

Nikos D. Koromilas; Georgia Ch. Lainioti; Chrisostomi Gialeli; Despoina Barbouri; K. Kouravelou; Nikos K. Karamanos; George A. Voyiatzis; Joannis K. Kallitsis

Novel Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Hybrids were synthesized as potential materials for the development of membranes for water treatment applications in the field of Membrane Bioreactors (MBRs). Due to the toxicological concerns regarding the use of nanomaterials in water treatment as well as the rising demand for safe drinking water to protect public health, we studied the functionalization of MWCNTs and Thin-MWCNTs as to control their properties and increase their ability of embedment into porous anisotropic polymeric membranes. Following the growth of the hydrophilic monomer on the surface of the properly functionalized CNTs, that act as initiator for the controlled radical polymerization (ATRP) of sodium styrene sulfonate (SSNa), the antimicrobial quaternized phosphonium and ammonium salts were attached on CNTs-g-PSSNa through non-covalent bonding. In another approach the covalent attachment of quaternized ammonium polymeric moieties of acrylic acid-vinyl benzyl chloride copolymers with N,N-dimethylhexadecylamine (P(AA12-co-VBCHAM)) on functionalized CNTs has also been attempted. Finally, the toxicological assessment in terms of cell viability and cell morphological changes revealed that surface characteristics play a major role in the biological response of functionalized CNTs.


ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces | 2016

Polymeric Quaternary Ammonium-Containing Coatings with Potential Dual Contact-Based and Release-Based Antimicrobial Activity

Denisa Druvari; Nikos D. Koromilas; Georgia Ch. Lainioti; Georgios Bokias; Gavriil Vasilopoulos; Apostolos Vantarakis; Ilias Baras; Nancy Dourala; Joannis K. Kallitsis

In the present work, reactive blending of copolymers with complementary functional groups was applied to control their antimicrobial activity and antifouling action in real conditions. For this purpose, two series of copolymers, poly(4-vinylbenzyl chloride-co-acrylic acid), P(VBC-co-AAx), and poly(sodium 4-styrenesulfonate-co-glycidyl methacrylate), P(SSNa-co-GMAx), were synthesized via free radical copolymerization and further modified by the incorporation of biocidal units either covalently (4-vinyl benzyl dimethylhexadecylammonium chloride, VBCHAM) or electrostatically bound (cetyltrimethylammonium 4-styrenesulfonate, SSAmC16). The cross-linking reaction of the carboxylic group of acrylic acid (AA) with the epoxide group of glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) of these two series of reactive antimicrobial copolymers was explored in blends obtained through solution casting after curing at various temperatures. The combined results from the ATR-FTIR characterization of the membranes, solubility tests, turbidimetry, and TEM suggest that the reaction occurs already at 80 °C, leading mostly to graft samples, while at higher curing temperatures (120 or 150 °C) insoluble cross-linked samples are usually obtained. Controlled release experiments of selected membranes were performed in pure water and aqueous 1 M NaCl solutions for a period of two months. The released material was followed through gravimetry and TOC/TN measurements, while the evolution of the integrity and the morphology of the membranes were followed visually and through SEM, respectively. Antimicrobial tests also revealed that the cross-linked membranes presented strong antimicrobial activity against S. aureus and P. aeruginosa. Finally, a specific blend combination was applied on aquaculture nets and cured at 80 °C. The modified nets, emerged in the sea for 15 and 35 days, exhibited high antifouling action as compared to blank nets.


Polymers | 2016

Enhanced Water Vapor Transmission through Porous Membranes Based on Melt Blending of Polystyrene Sulfonate with Polyethylene Copolymers and Their CNT Nanocomposites

Georgia Ch. Lainioti; Giannis Bounos; George A. Voyiatzis; Joannis K. Kallitsis

A novel concept for the use of an immiscible and non-meltable polymer, such as sodium polystyrene sulfonate (PSSNa), in order to prepare polyethylene non-woven breathable membranes is described. Membranes were fabricated by melt compounding of properly functionalized PE (P(E-co-AA)) and PSSNa (P(SSNa-co-GMA)) copolymers in the presence of water soluble polyethylene glycol (PEG). The inability of PSSNa derivatives to be melted was overcome by using PEG, which was easily meltable thus inducing PSSNa processability improvement. PEG was removed after membrane fabrication and therefore also acted as a porogen. Carbon nanotubes, functionalized with PSSNa moieties or alkyl groups, were also incorporated in the membranes with the aim of improving the porous connectivity and increasing the water vapor transmission rate. The morphology of the membranes was investigated through Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). Water vapor transmission rate (permeation) (WVTR) measurements for the porous membranes showed increased values in comparison with the neat PE ones. A further increase of WVTR was observed with the addition of CNTs to the polymer membranes.


Journal of Chromatographic Science | 2013

New Approaches to the Kinetic Study of Alcoholic Fermentation by Chromatographic Techniques

Georgia Ch. Lainioti; George Karaiskakis

The kinetics of the fermentation process has gained increasing interest, not only in the scientific community, but in the industrial world as well. Information concerning the improvement of batch fermentation performance may potentially be valuable for the designing of scale-up processes. Intensive studies have been conducted with the use of various chromatographic techniques, such as conventional gas chromatography, reversed-flow gas chromatography (RFGC), high-performance liquid chromatography, field-flow fractionation and others. In the present study, specific focus is placed on the employment of RFGC, a method that can successfully be applied for the determination of physicochemical quantities, such as reaction rate constants and activation energies, at each phase of the alcoholic fermentation. In contrast to conventional chromatographic techniques, RFGC can lead to substantial information referring to the evaluation of fermentation kinetics at any time of the process. Moreover, gravitational field-flow fractionation, a sub-technique of field-flow fractionation, presents the ability to monitor the proliferation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells through their elution profiles that can be related to the different cell growth stages. The combination of the two techniques can provide important information for kinetic study and the distinction of the growth phases of yeast cell proliferation during alcoholic fermentations conducted under different environmental conditions.


European Polymer Journal | 2014

Synthesis and self-association in dilute aqueous solution of hydrophobically modified polycations and polyampholytes based on 4-vinylbenzyl chloride

Nikos D. Koromilas; Georgia Ch. Lainioti; Evdokia K. Oikonomou; Georgios Bokias; Joannis K. Kallitsis


Sensors and Actuators B-chemical | 2015

Quinoline-functionalized cross-linked poly(vinyl acetate) and poly(vinyl alcohol) nanoparticles as potential pH-responsive luminescent sensors

A. Moutsiopoulou; Aikaterini K. Andreopoulou; Georgia Ch. Lainioti; Georgios Bokias; George A. Voyiatzis; Joannis K. Kallitsis


Energy technology | 2014

Large‐Scale Separators Based on Blends of Aromatic Polyethers with PEO for Li‐Ion Batteries: Improving Thermal Shrinkage and Wettability Behavior

Valadoula Deimede; Andrea Voege; Georgia Ch. Lainioti; Costas Elmasides; Joannis K. Kallitsis


Agriculture and Agricultural Science Procedia | 2015

Release of Polymeric Biocides from Synthetic Matrices for Marine Biofouling Applications

Vlasoula Bekiari; Konstantinos Nikolaou; Nikolaos Koromilas; Georgia Ch. Lainioti; Pavlos Avramidis; George N. Hotos; Joannis K. Kallitsis; Georgios Bokias


Chromatographia | 2010

Kinetic Study of the Alcoholic Fermentation Process, in the Presence of Free and Immobilized Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Cells, at Different Initial Glucose Concentrations by Reversed Flow GC

Georgia Ch. Lainioti; John Kapolos; Lambros Farmakis; Athanasia Koliadima; George Karaiskakis


Journal of Applied Polymer Science | 2017

Morphological control of porous membranes based on aromatic polyether/water soluble polymers

Denise Karamessini; Georgia Ch. Lainioti; Valadoula Deimede; Joannis K. Kallitsis

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