A facile one-step grafting of polyphosphonium onto halloysite nanotubes initiated by Ce(<scp>iv</scp>)

Abstract

Polyphosphonium was facilely grafted onto HNTs in an aqueous phase by a one-step method initiated by Ce(iv) at a mild temperature. The modified HNTs were immersed in a sodium alginate solution to achieve a uniform hydrogel that shows desirable antibacterial activity.