Immobilized Regenerable Active Chlorine within a Zirconium-Based MOF Textile Composite to Eliminate Biological and Chemical Threats

J Am Chem Soc. 2021 Oct 13;143(40):16777-16785. doi: 10.1021/jacs.1c08576. Epub 2021 Sep 30.

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / chemical synthesis
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Antiviral Agents / chemical synthesis
  • Antiviral Agents / pharmacology*
  • Cell Line
  • Chemical Warfare Agents / chemistry*
  • Chlorine / chemistry
  • Chlorine / pharmacology*
  • Escherichia coli / drug effects
  • Halogenation
  • Humans
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks / chemical synthesis
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks / pharmacology*
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Mustard Gas / analogs & derivatives
  • Mustard Gas / chemistry
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Protective Clothing*
  • SARS-CoV-2 / drug effects
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
  • Textiles
  • Zirconium / chemistry

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antiviral Agents
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks
  • Chlorine
  • 2-chloroethyl ethyl sulfide
  • Zirconium
  • Mustard Gas