A Durable Ag@MOF-545/QCM-Cotton Fabric with “Intelligent Bacteria-Capturing and Dual Antibacterial” Properties
Dangge Gao, Fangxing Wang, Chi Zheng, Bin Lv, Jianzhong Ma
Abstract
Cotton textiles with persistent antibacterial qualities are crucial in halting the spread of bacteria and other infections. However, fugitive bacteria and drug-resistant pathogens have rendered tremendous challenges in the development of cotton fabrics with long-lasting antibacterial efficacy. The work aimed to innovatively propose a functional cotton fabric integrating intelligent bacteria-capturing and dual antibacterial properties for efficacious personal health management. The functional cotton fabric was created by modifying the surface of cotton fabric with the quaternized carboxymethyl chitosan (Q-CF) and then covalently grafting the silver@Zr-based porphyrin metal-organic skeleton (Ag@MOF-545) prepared via the "bottle-around-the-boat" method on the surface of Q-CF (AM/Q-CF). In this process, the functional cotton fabric could capture bacteria via positive charges on the surface of the quaternized carboxymethyl chitosan. Due to the synergistic effect of broad-spectrum antibacterial silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) and the visible light-driven antibacterial Zr-based porphyrin metal-organic skeleton (MOF-545), the metabolism of bacteria and drug-resistant strains was well inhibited, which endowed the AM/Q-CF with lasting dual antibacterial properties. After repeated laundering cycles, abrasion cycles, simulated sweat soaking, and long-term storage, the antibacterial rates of AM/Q-CF were over 85%. Altogether, the results provided a potential antibiotic-free alternative for the preparation of durable antibacterial cotton fabrics.