Grants and Contributions:

Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year. (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)

The growing resistance of bacteria and other microbes towards treatment by the most powerful antibiotics is ax000D
tremendous challenge that threatens our ability to treat common infections, with potentially profound effects onx000D
the health of our general population. Biocidal polymers are processable plastic materials with antimicrobialx000D
properties that represent an exciting tool in the war on microbial infections. In particular, antimicrobialx000D
N-halamine-containing polymers are more environmentally friendly and less toxic than traditionalx000D
leaching-based systems, while still remaining active against a broad spectrum of microorganisms. Exigence, ax000D
Winnipeg-based materials science firm, is developing composite biocidal polymers that exhibit both promisingx000D
anti-microbial activity and properties that allow them to be deployed as coatings in a range of settings, fromx000D
food preparation to health care. The proposed research will focus on investigating the materials properties ofx000D
Exigence's proprietary polymer precursors. A successful project outcome would develop synthetic strategies forx000D
producing improved materials that would benefit Exigence by addressing a key knowledge gap with respect tox000D
polymer structure and composition and their ultimate properties as coating materials.