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Antimicrobial Properties of 2D MnO 2 and MoS 2 Nanomaterials Vertically Aligned on Graphene Materials and Ti 3 C 2 MXene
Langmuir, v 34(24), pp 7192-7200
19 Jun 2018
PMID: 29782792
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Abstract
Two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials have attracted considerable attention in biomedical and environmental applications due to their antimicrobial activity. In the interest of investigating the primary antimicrobial mode-of-action of 2D nanomaterials, we studied the antimicrobial properties of MnO
and MoS
, toward Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli bacteria were treated individually with 100 μg/mL of randomly oriented and vertically aligned nanomaterials for ∼3 h in the dark. The vertically aligned 2D MnO
and MoS
were grown on 2D sheets of graphene oxide, reduced graphene oxide, and Ti
C
MXene. Measurements to determine the viability of bacteria in the presence of the 2D nanomaterials performed by using two complementary techniques, flow cytometry, and fluorescence imaging showed that, while MnO
and MoS
nanosheets show different antibacterial activities, in both cases, Gram-positive bacteria show a higher loss in membrane integrity. Scanning electron microscopy images suggest that the 2D nanomaterials, which have a detrimental effect on bacteria viability, compromise the cell wall, leading to significant morphological changes. We propose that the peptidoglycan mesh (PM) in the bacterial wall is likely the primary target of the 2D nanomaterials. Vertically aligned 2D MnO
nanosheets showed the highest antimicrobial activity, suggesting that the edges of the nanosheets were likely compromising the cell walls upon contact.
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- Title
- Antimicrobial Properties of 2D MnO 2 and MoS 2 Nanomaterials Vertically Aligned on Graphene Materials and Ti 3 C 2 MXene
- Creators
- Farbod Alimohammadi - Center for Computational Design of Functional Layered Materials (CCDM) , Temple University , 1925 North 12th Street , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19122 , United StatesMohammad Sharifian Gh - Department of Chemistry , Temple University , 1901 North 13th Street , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19122 , United StatesNuwan H Attanayake - Center for Computational Design of Functional Layered Materials (CCDM) , Temple University , 1925 North 12th Street , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19122 , United StatesAkila C Thenuwara - Center for Computational Design of Functional Layered Materials (CCDM) , Temple University , 1925 North 12th Street , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19122 , United StatesYury Gogotsi - Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and A. J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute , Drexel University , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104 , United StatesBabak Anasori - Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and A. J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute , Drexel University , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104 , United StatesDaniel R Strongin - Center for Computational Design of Functional Layered Materials (CCDM) , Temple University , 1925 North 12th Street , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19122 , United States
- Publication Details
- Langmuir, v 34(24), pp 7192-7200
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society; Washington, DC
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000436022900024
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85047510531
- Other Identifier
- 991014877686304721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
- Chemistry, Physical
- Materials Science, Multidisciplinary