Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
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2023
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IF 7.7
Nan Jiang,Qian Wang,Huiqiong Zhang,Ziwei Liu,Hao Yang,Rong Chen,Zhong Lu
Aerosol-based transmission contributes to infection by various pathogens. Consequently, it is urgent to design antimicrobial personal protective equipment (PPE) and address the potential biological contamination of discarded PPE. We report a novel ZIF-67-modified PP fabric for photothermal disinfection; our work provides a fast, one-step, and low-cost preparation approach for incorporating zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF) nanoparticles (NPs) onto polypropylene (PP) fabric. First, we prepared ZIF-67-water NPs and ZIF-67-methanol NPs using relevant solvents and characterized them by X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and field-emission scanning electron microscopy. We then used only ultrasonication to prepare ZIF-67-modified fabrics by incorporating ZIF-67 NPs onto PP fabric with a 0.5-1.5 mg/cm 2 loading rate (18.5-40.5 wt%). The ZIF-67-modified fabrics were subjected to the same characterization, and then they were evaluated for photothermal performance, hydrophobicity and antimicrobial ability. The fabric of ZIF-67-water@PP-1.5 was selected to repurpose an antimicrobial mask. We demonstrated that the ZIF-67-modified fabrics have excellent photothermal performance with near-infrared (NIR) radiation and exhibit increased hydrophobicity, which is determined by the loading rate of ZIF-67 NPs. The surface temperature reached and maintained peak levels (70 °C and 90 °C) with NIR radiation, whilst the highest contact angle was over 140°. The photothermal behaviour could kill over 99.9% of gram-negative and gram-positive drug-resistant bacteria, whilst the haemolytic behaviour was less than 5%. The repurposed mask retained controllable photothermal properties. The application of these fabrics not only addresses the demand for affordable antimicrobial PPE but also contributes to reducing potential biochemical threats in discarded PPE.
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材料科学
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医学
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生物工程
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2021
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IF 8.128
Jun Cao,Wei Zhu,Ai-Guo Shen,Ji-Ming Hu
Bacteria-infected wounds have imposed serious challenges in human health whereas the abuse of antibiotics makes bacteria drug-resistant and becoming more and more difficult to deal with. Herein, we developed a drug-free three-layered photothermal bactericide from inside to outside consisting of copper sulfide (CuS), gold (Au) and zinc-doped Prussian blue analogues (ZnPBA) (named as CuS@Au@ZnPBA). The CuS@Au@ZnPBA was demonstrated to possess remarkably-improved photothermal property and excellent biosafety. Local heat generated by CuS@Au@ZnPBA under the irradiation of 808 nm laser enables efficient bacteria ablation in vitro and in a mouse model of cutaneous wound infection. Meanwhile, the released zinc ions (Zn 2+ ) could upregulate the genes involved in collagen deposition to accelerate wound healing. Overall, the finely-designed nanocomposites can serve as a promising kind of antibacterial alternative to current antibiotic therapies against bacterial wound infections.
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材料科学
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纳米技术
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生物医学工程
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微生物学
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2022
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IF 10.383
Ge Xie,Shuo Du,Qiuyi Huang,Min Mo,Yujie Gao,Miaomiao Li,Juan Tao,Lianbin Zhang,Jintao Zhu
Rapid and sensitive diagnostics in the early stage of bacterial infection and immediate treatment play critical roles in the control of infectious diseases. However, it remains challenging to develop integrated systems with both rapid detection of bacterial infection and timely on-demand disinfection ability. Herein, we demonstrate a photonic hydrogel platform integrating visual diagnosis and on-site photothermal disinfection by incorporating Fe3O4@C nanoparticles into a poly(hydroxyethyl methacrylate)-co-polyacrylamide (PHEMA-co-PAAm) matrix. In vitro experiments demonstrate that such a hydrogel can respond to pH variation caused by bacterial metabolism and generate the corresponding color changes to realize naked-eye observation. Meanwhile, its excellent photothermal conversion ability enables it to effectively kill bacteria by destroying cell membranes under near-infrared irradiation. Moreover, the pigskin infection wound model also verifies the bacterial detection performance and disinfection ability of the hydrogel in vivo. Our strategy demonstrates a new approach for visual diagnosis and treatment of bacterial infections.
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生物医学工程
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材料科学
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传染病学
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纳米技术
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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
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2021
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IF 10.588
Cuiyun Zhang,Lunjie Huang,Da-Wen Sun,Hongbin Pu
Gold nanorods (GNRs) outstand in photothermal disinfection but are faced with severe surface chemistry and dose relevant biotoxicity. Herein, a naturally green building block, metal-phenolic networks (MPNs), was employed to functionalize GNRs via coordination reaction, yielding a tunable and biocompatible core-shell photothermal nano-bactericide (GNRs@MPNs). The bioactive GNRs@MPNs built with iron and polyphenols (tannic acid, epigallocatechin gallate, and procyanidins) exhibited superior light-to-heat conversion efficiencies with η = 29.29–44.00%, remarkably preceding that of GNRs ( η = 12.24%), which could rapidly ablate 99.8% of Escherichia coli O157: H7 and 98.6% of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria in relatively low efficacy doses (10 ppm of Au). Moreover, local heat triggered by GNRs@MPNs accelerated the healing of the cutaneous wound of a mice model infected by methicillin-resistant S. aureus . The facile synthesis, photothermal synergy, polyphenolic bioactivity, and significantly low efficacy dose of GNRs@MPNs empower them satisfactory efficiency and biosafety in the future broad-spectrum photothermal sterilization applications.
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纳米技术
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细菌学
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光热疗法
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材料科学
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生物医学工程
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