Chinese Journal of Applied Chemistry ›› 2024, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (2): 177-189.DOI: 10.19894/j.issn.1000-0518.230299

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Research Progress of Natural Polymer Flocculants with Antibacterial Function

Huai-Li ZHENG(), Wei LIU, Man-Li SUN   

  1. School of Environment and Engineering,Chongqing University,Chongqing 400045,China
  • Received:2023-09-22 Accepted:2023-12-11 Published:2024-02-01 Online:2024-03-05
  • Contact: Huai-Li ZHENG
  • About author:532477294@qq.com
  • Supported by:
    the National Natural Science Foundation of China(22276018)

Abstract:

Bacteria in water will pose a certain threat to the environment and human health, and traditional fungicides may cause secondary pollution and have poor stability and other problems. Seeking more efficient, environmentally friendly and reliable bacterial inactivation methods to gradually replace traditional disinfection methods has become an important research direction in the field of water treatment. In recent years, many academic researchers have actively explored natural polymer flocculants with antibacterial function. These materials are based on natural polymer compounds such as chitosan, starch and lignin, which not only show environment-friendly, widely sourced and renewable characteristics, but also have high modification potential to meet the needs of complex practical applications. This review describes in detail the latest research progress and application status of natural polymer flocculants with antibacterial function. The contents covered include substrates, modification methods, grafted monomers, flocculation properties and flocculation mechanism, antibacterial properties and antibacterial mechanism, etc. In addition, this review looks at future research directions on how to further optimize the performance of these polymer flocculants to meet the increasingly complex water treatment needs, while providing an academic perspective on future research. This series of research work provides profound connotation and theoretical support for further exploring the academic research of natural polymer flocculants with antibacterial function.

Key words: Flocculation, Flocculant, Antibacterial, Natural polymer, Antibacterial mechanism

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