Can Cui,Xiaohuan Sun,Chuanqiang Zhou,Yingwei Liu,Huixin Xiong,Yanan Li,Jie Han
Pomegranate-like MnO 2 @polyaniline (PANI) sub-microspheres have been designed and successfully synthesized as a novel and highly effective sorbent material to remove heavy metal ions from water. Herein, pomegranate-like SiO 2 @PANI spheres were firstly fabricated by performing the oxidation polymerization of aniline in silica colloidal solution, followed by the removal of SiO 2 and in situ redox reaction between KMnO 4 and PANI . Compared with the mono-component PANI and MnO 2 materials, the obtained pomegranate-like MnO 2 @PANI sub-microspheres exhibited superior adsorption ability towards Pb(II) ions due to the synergistic effect. Influencing factors, including pH, Pb(II) ions concentration, adsorbents content and other ions on the Pb(II) ion sorption onto the MnO 2 @PANI hybrid were systematically studied. The sorption isotherm, kinetics and thermodynamic properties of the hybrids for Pb(II) ions adsorption were reflected by different models. Moreover, the adsorption ability of pomegranate-like MnO 2 @PANI sub-microspheres towards other heavy metal ions was also explored. This work would provide new insight on the design of hierarchical inorganic/organic nanosorbent.
Implanted materials with both osteogenic and antibacterial functions are promising for facilitating osteointegration and preventing infection for orthopedic applications. In this work, we synthesized flower-like molybdenum disulfide (fMD) submicro-spheres containing nanosheets, which were incorporated onto the microporous surface of polyimide (PI) via concentrated sulfuric acid, suspending fMD contents of 5 wt% (SPM1) and 10 wt% (SPM2). Compared with sulfonated polyimide (SPM0), both SPM1 and SPM2 with microporous surfaces containing fMD exhibited nano-submicro-microporous surfaces, which improved the surface roughness, wettability, and surface energy. Due to there being more fMD submicro-spheres on the microporous surface, SPM2 revealed a better antibacterial effect than SPM1. In addition, compared with SPM1 and SPM0, SPM2 with more fMD significantly promoted rat bone marrow-derived stromal cell response in vitro. Moreover, SPM2 remarkably enhanced new bone formation and osteointegration in vivo. In summary, the combination of fMD with the microporous surface of SPM2 resulted in a nano-submicro-microporous surface with optimized surface performance, which possessed not only osteogenic bioactivity but also an antibacterial effect. As a bone implant, SPM2 with osteogenic and antibacterial functions may have enormous potential as a bone tissue substitute.