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Antibacterial properties of graphite carbon nitride materials based on piezoelectric response

  • MA Wen-Jun ,
  • WANG Xiao-Ze ,
  • ZHANG Jing-Kun ,
  • CHEN Yun-Fa
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  • 1. State Key Laboratory of Mesoscience and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China 2. School of Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China 3. Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

Received date: 2024-03-15

  Revised date: 2024-04-09

  Online published: 2024-11-27

Abstract

The piezoelectric effect in asymmetric semiconductors has been shown to be an effective strategy to reduce carrier recombination in photocatalysis. This means that mechanical energy-induced piezoelectricity can act as a flexible automatic valve to regulate the transfer and separation of light-induced carriers in the bulk phase and on photocatalyst surfaces. Two-dimensional graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) has a non-centrally symmetrical pore structure and uniform pore distribution, so it has piezoelectric response characteristics, and has received extensive attention in the field of antibacterial applications. The molecular engineering of g-C3N4 can change the piezoelectric polarization of g-C3N4 to a certain extent, which will enhance the role of the piezoelectric effect in the antimicrobial process of g-C3N4. Therefore, in this work, two-dimensional g-C3N4 materials containing hydroxyl and carboxyl oxygen-containing functional groups were synthesized by KOH with high temperature alkali treatment and KSCN calcination acid leaching, respectively. The results show that g-C3N4 still exhibits a graphite structure after the modification of the agglomeration of oxygen. The piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) confirms the non-uniform surface potential distribution of these composite materials, and significantly improves the piezoelectric performance after the carboxyl branching. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) show that the composite material causes a certain physical damage to the bacteria. The active oxygen (ROS) test shows that the induction effect is introduced to promote the separation of the electron-acupuncture point, which enhances the ability of the materials to capture electrons in the piezoelectric field. As a result, the captured electrons are restarted around the adsorption oxygen, generating a large amount of superoxide anion, and inducing a change in the active oxygen level within the bacteria to change, causing bacterial death. In vitro, the oxidation-induced oxidation stimulation combined with physical cutting of the antibacterial activity to Escherichia coli (E. coli) is 5log (99.999%), and the antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is 4log (99.99%), which is higher than the pure g-C3N4. These findings emphasize the antibacterial potential of the carboxylated g-C3N4 material, which may be a promising candidate as an antibacterial material in the light-restricted environment.

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MA Wen-Jun , WANG Xiao-Ze , ZHANG Jing-Kun , CHEN Yun-Fa . Antibacterial properties of graphite carbon nitride materials based on piezoelectric response[J]. The Chinese Journal of Process Engineering, 2024 , 24(11) : 1364 -1374 . DOI: 10.12034/j.issn.1009-606X.224098

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