Highly Potent Bactericidal Activity of Porous Metal‐Organic Frameworks
- 16 March 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Advanced Healthcare Materials
- Vol. 1 (2), 225-238
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.201100043
Abstract
Recent outbreaks of bacterial infection leading to human fatalities have been a motivational force for us to develop antibacterial agents with high potency and long‐term stability. A novel cobalt (Co) based metal‐organic framework (MOF) was tested and shown to be highly effective at inactivating model microorganisms. Gram‐negative bacteria, Escherichia coli (strains DH5alpha and XL1‐Blue) were selected to determine the antibacterial activities of the Co MOF. In this MOF, the Co serves as a central element and an octa‐topic carboxylate ligand, tetrakis [(3,5‐dicarboxyphenyl)‐oxamethyl] methane (TDM8−) serves as a bridging linker. X‐ray crystallographic studies indicate that Co‐TDM crystallizes in tetragonal space group P 21m with a porous 3D framework. The potency of the Co‐TDM disinfectant was evaluated using a minimal bactericidal concentration (MBC) benchmark and was determined to be 10–15 ppm within a short incubation time period (4 weeks). This MOF‐based approach may lead to a new paradigm for MOF applications in diverse biological fields due to their inherent porous structure, tunable surface functional groups, and adjustable metal coordination environments.Keywords
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