School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, People's Republic of China.
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jinzhong University, Jinzhong 030619, People's Republic of China.
ACS Nano. 2024 Feb 6;18(5):4539-4550. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.3c11628. Epub 2024 Jan 23.
Photocatalytic materials are some of the most promising substitutes for antibiotics. However, the antibacterial efficiency is still inhibited by the rapid recombination of the photogenerated carriers. Herein, we design a cationic covalent organic framework (COF), which has a symmetrical localized built-in electric field due to the induced polarization effect caused by the electron-transfer reaction between the Zn-porphyrin unit and the guanidinium unit. Density functional theory calculations indicate that there is a symmetrical electrophilic/nucleophilic region in the COF structure, which results from increased electron density around the Zn-porphyrin unit. The formed local electric field can further inhibit the recombination of photogenerated carriers by driving rapid electron transfer from Zn-porphyrin to guanidinium under light irradiation, which greatly increases the yield of reactive oxygen species. This COF wrapped by DSPE-PEG2000 can selectively target the lipoteichoic acid of Gram-positive bacteria by electrostatic interaction, which can be used for selective discrimination and imaging of bacteria. Furthermore, this nanoparticle can rapidly kill Gram-positive bacteria including 99.75% of and 99.77% of at an abnormally low concentration (2.00 ppm) under light irradiation for 20 min. This work will provide insight into designing photoresponsive COFs through engineering charge behavior.
光催化材料是最有前途的抗生素替代品之一。然而,光生载流子的快速复合仍然抑制了其抗菌效率。在此,我们设计了一种带有正电荷的共价有机框架(COF),由于 Zn-卟啉单元和胍基单元之间的电子转移反应引起的极化效应,COF 具有对称的局域内置电场。密度泛函理论计算表明,在 COF 结构中存在一个对称的亲电/亲核区域,这是由于 Zn-卟啉单元周围的电子密度增加所致。形成的局部电场可以通过在光照下驱动从 Zn-卟啉到胍基的快速电子转移进一步抑制光生载流子的复合,从而大大增加活性氧的产量。这种被 DSPE-PEG2000 包裹的 COF 可以通过静电相互作用选择性地靶向革兰氏阳性菌的脂磷壁酸,可用于细菌的选择性识别和成像。此外,该纳米颗粒在光照 20 分钟、低浓度(2.00ppm)下,能快速杀死革兰氏阳性菌,包括 99.75%的 和 99.77%的 。这项工作将为通过工程化载流子行为设计光响应 COF 提供新的思路。