Journal
COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES
Volume 215, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2022.112468
Keywords
Bioinspired; ZnO; Photocatalysis; Anti-bacterial; Lotus leaf
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC) [51772121, 51975245]
- Jilin Provincial Science & Technology Department [20200401126GX, 20200301013RQ, 20190303039SF]
- Key Science and Technology R&D Projects of Jilin Province [2020C023-3]
- Program of Jilin University Science and Technology Innovative Research Team [2020TD-03]
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In this study, a composite material of micro/nanostructured carbonized lotus leaf/ZnO/Au (C-LL/ZnO/Au) was obtained by treating fresh lotus leaf with Zn2+ followed by sintering and modification with gold nanoparticles. C-LL/ZnO/Au showed great mechanical bactericidal performance and photocatalytic sterilization. The antibacterial rate of mechanical sterilization for C-LL/ZnO/Au was 79.5% in 30 min, 4.7 times of fresh lotus leaf's figure under the same conditions. The introduction of gold nanoparticles in C-LL/ZnO/Au improved photocatalytic sterilization compared to carbonized lotus leaf/ZnO (C-LL/ZnO). The approach presented in this study has promising application potential in biomedical and public health fields.
Nowadays, bacterial resistance has continued to be a troublesome issue caused by the abuse of antibiotics, and it is the paramount difficulty in resolving the bacterial proliferation and infection. In this study, fresh lotus leaf was treated with Zn2+ followed by sintered and modification with gold nanoparticles through the photoreduction process sequentially, and thus a composite of micro/nanostructured carbonized lotus leaf/ZnO/Au (C-LL/ZnO/ Au) was obtained to explore its bactericidal properties. C-LL/ZnO/Au retained the papillary structure of fresh lotus leaf and showed great mechanical bactericidal performance and photocatalytic sterilization. The antibacterial rate of mechanical sterilization for C-LL/ZnO/Au amount to 79.5% in 30 min, 4.7 times of fresh lotus leaf's figure under the same conditions. Furthermore, in C-LL/ZnO/Au, the introduction of gold nanoparticles heightened light absorbance through localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) effect and separation efficiency of photogenerated electron-hole pairs, which showed improved photocatalytic sterilization than that of carbonized lotus leaf/ZnO (C-LL/ZnO). Carbonized lotus leaf/ZnO/Au exhibited prominent photocatalytic and mechanical synergistic antibacterial performance against E. coli: all the bacteria were inactivated within 30 min under visible light. The approach presented here could be applied to a variety of biomass materials, which holds a promising application potential in biomedical, public health and other fields.
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