Recyclable ferroferric oxide@titanium dioxide@molybdenum disulfide with enhanced enzyme-like activity under visible light for effectively inhibiting the growth of drug-resistant bacteria in sewage

J Mater Chem B. 2023 Apr 12;11(15):3434-3444. doi: 10.1039/d3tb00245d.

Abstract

With the development of social industry and the increase in domestic sewage discharge, pathogenic bacterial contamination in water has become a serious health and environmental problem. It is important to design sewage treatment reagents with effective pathogenic bacterial removal and recyclability. In this work, we developed a nanocomposite, Fe3O4@TiO2@MoS2, with once-for-all effects of photocatalytic, magnetic, and peroxidase-like activities for solving the above-mentioned problems. The loading of MoS2 may cause the band gap of Fe3O4@TiO2 to decrease from 3.11 eV to 2.85 eV, demonstrating increased photocatalytic activity under visible light, based on the synergistic impact of Fe3O4@TiO2 and MoS2. In return, the peroxidase-like activity of Fe3O4@TiO2@MoS2 was significantly higher than that of Fe3O4 and MoS2 alone, resulting in the generation of more hydroxyl radicals (˙OH) for combating the drug-resistant broad-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The antibacterial mechanism study showed that Fe3O4@TiO2@MoS2 could effectively inhibit bacterial growth by destroying the bacterial biofilm and genome via the peroxidase-like activity as well as photocatalytic activity. In addition, Fe3O4@TiO2@MoS2 has excellent paramagnetic properties, which can achieve magnetic recovery after wastewater treatment. Even after three times of recycling, its antibacterial effect can remain above 98.8%.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Bacteria
  • Light
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus*
  • Molybdenum* / pharmacology
  • Oxides
  • Peroxidases
  • Sewage

Substances

  • titanium dioxide
  • molybdenum disulfide
  • Molybdenum
  • Sewage
  • Oxides
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Peroxidases