Title
Immobilized regenerable active chlorine within a zirconium-based MOF textile composite to eliminate biological and chemical threats
Author
Cheung, Y.H.
Ma, K.
van Leeuwen, H.C.
Wasson, M.C.
Wang, X.
Idrees, K.B.
Gong, W.
Cao, R.
Mahle, J.J.
Islamoglu, T.
Peterson, G.W.
de Koning, M.C.
Xin, J.H.
Farha, O.K.
Publication year
2021
Abstract
The most recent global health crisis caused by the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak and the alarming use of chemical warfare agents highlight the necessity to produce efficient protective clothing and masks against biohazard and chemical threats. However, the development of a multifunctional protective textile is still behind to supply adequate protection for the public. To tackle this challenge, we designed multifunctional and regenerable N-chlorine based biocidal and detoxifying textiles using a robust zirconium metal-organic framework (MOF), UiO-66-NH2, as a chlorine carrier which can be easily coated on textile fibers. A chlorine bleaching converted the amine groups located on the MOF linker to active N-chlorine structures. The fibrous composite exhibited rapid biocidal activity against both Gram-negative bacteria (E. coli) and Gram-positive bacteria (S. aureus) with up to a 7 log reduction within 5 min for each strain as well as a 5 log reduction of SARS-CoV-2 within 15 min. Moreover, the active chlorine loaded MOF/fiber composite selectively and rapidly degraded sulfur mustard and its chemical simulant 2-chloroethyl ethyl sulfide (CEES) with half-lives less than 3 minutes. The versatile MOF-based fibrous composite designed here has the potential to serve as protective cloth against both biological and chemical threats. © 2021 American Chemical Society.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c08576
TNO identifier
959127
ISSN
0002-7863
Source
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 143 (143), 16777-16785
Document type
article