Nanopatterned Electroactive Polylactic Acid Nanofibrous MOFilters for Efficient PM0.3 Filtration and Bacterial Inhibition

Biodegradable polylactic acid (PLA) nanofibrous membranes (NFMs) hold great potential to address the increasing airborne particulate matter (PM) and dramatic accumulation of plastic/microplastic pollution. However, the field of PLA NFM-based filters is still in its infancy, frequently dwarfed by the bottlenecks regarding relatively low surface activity, poor electroactivity, and insufficient PM capturing mechanisms. This effort discloses a microwave-assisted approach to minute-level synthesis of dielectric ZIF-8 nanocrystals with high specific surface area (over 1012 m2/g) and ultrasmall size (∼240 nm), which were intimately anchored onto PLA nanofibers (PLAZIF-8) by a combined "electrospinning-electrospray" strategy. This endowed the PLA@ZIF-8 NFMs with largely increased electroactivity in terms of elevated dielectric coefficient (an increase of 202%), surface potential (up to 5.8 kV), and triboelectric properties (output voltage of 30.8 V at 10 N, 0.5 Hz). Given the profound control over morphology and electroactivity, the PLA@ZIF-8 NFMs exhibited efficient filtration of PM0.3 (97.1%, 85 L/min) with a decreased air resistance (592.5 Pa), surpassing that of the pure PLA counterpart (88.4%, 650.9 Pa). This was essentially ascribed to realization of multiple filtration mechanisms for PLA@ZIF-8 NFMs, including enhanced physical interception, polar interactions, and electrostatic adsorption, and the unique self-charging function triggered by airflow vibrations. Moreover, perfect antibacterial performance was achieved for PLA@ZIF-8, showing ultrahigh inhibition rates of 99.9 and 100% against E. coli and S. aureus, respectively. The proposed hierarchical structuring strategy, offering the multifunction integration unattainable with conventional methods, may facilitate the development of biodegradable long-term air filters.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

ACS applied materials & interfaces - 15(2023), 40 vom: 11. Okt., Seite 47145-47157

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhu, Guiying [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xinyu [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xiao-Peng [VerfasserIn]
Wang, An [VerfasserIn]
Li, Tian [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Xuanjin [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Daoyuan [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Jintuo [VerfasserIn]
He, Xinjian [VerfasserIn]
Li, Heguo [VerfasserIn]
Li, Shihang [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yong [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Bin [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Shenghui [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Huan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

459TN2L5F5
Antibacterial properties
Electroactive membrane filters
Journal Article
PM0.3 filtration
Plastics
Poly(lactide)
Polyesters
Polylactic acid nanofibers
ZIF-8 nanocrystals

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Date Completed 02.11.2023

Date Revised 02.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acsami.3c11941

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362792291