
AbstractSynthetic polymers have shown promise in combating multidrug‐resistant bacteria. However, the biological effects of sequence control in synthetic antimicrobial polymers are currently not well understood. As such, we investigate the antimicrobial effects of monomer distribution within linear high‐order quasi‐block copolymers consisting of aminoethyl, phenylethyl, and hydroxyethyl acrylamides made in a one‐pot synthesis approach via photoinduced electron transfer–reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer polymerisation (PET‐RAFT). Through different combinations of monomer/polymer block order, antimicrobial and haemolytic activities are tuneable in a manner comparable to antimicrobial peptides.
Acinetobacter baumannii, Staphylococcus aureus, antimicrobial polymers, Polymers, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, anzsrc-for: 34 Chemical Sciences, Structure-Activity Relationship, sequence control, Biodefense, multiblock polymers, Escherichia coli, anzsrc-for: 03 Chemical Sciences, 34 Chemical Sciences, Molecular Structure, 540, 620, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Infectious Diseases, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, RAFT polymerisation, Antimicrobial Resistance, Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides
Acinetobacter baumannii, Staphylococcus aureus, antimicrobial polymers, Polymers, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, anzsrc-for: 34 Chemical Sciences, Structure-Activity Relationship, sequence control, Biodefense, multiblock polymers, Escherichia coli, anzsrc-for: 03 Chemical Sciences, 34 Chemical Sciences, Molecular Structure, 540, 620, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Infectious Diseases, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, RAFT polymerisation, Antimicrobial Resistance, Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides
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