Issue 44, 2017

Silk fibroin-assisted exfoliation and functionalization of transition metal dichalcogenide nanosheets for antibacterial wound dressings

Abstract

Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have attracted rapidly increasing attention due to their fascinating properties and potential applications. However, scalable and cost-effective methods to produce thin-layer TMD nanosheets and their functional composites with environmental benignity are still limited. Herein, we develop a facile and environmentally friendly method for the scalable production of thin-layer TMD nanosheets in an aqueous medium by using silk fibroin, a natural and abundant biopolymer, as the exfoliating agent. Specifically, carboxyl-modified silk fibroin significantly improves the exfoliation efficiency, achieving the high-yield production of thin-layer MoSe2 nanosheets with good solution stabilization and excellent biocompatibility. Strong binding interactions endow the resultant MoSe2 nanosheets with unprecedentedly high concentrations. By virtue of the solution-processability of silk fibroin, MoSe2 hybrid nanosheets are readily fabricated into macroscopic freestanding films. Furthermore, due to the superior peroxidase-like activity of MoSe2 nanosheets, MoSe2-based films show rapid and effective wound disinfection and healing efficacy with the use of low-dose H2O2in vivo, avoiding the side effects of high-dose H2O2 in traditional medical therapy. This work may offer new opportunities to apply two-dimensional TMD nanosheets for clinical applications.

Graphical abstract: Silk fibroin-assisted exfoliation and functionalization of transition metal dichalcogenide nanosheets for antibacterial wound dressings

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
12 Sep 2017
Accepted
11 Oct 2017
First published
17 Oct 2017

Nanoscale, 2017,9, 17193-17198

Silk fibroin-assisted exfoliation and functionalization of transition metal dichalcogenide nanosheets for antibacterial wound dressings

X. Huang, J. Wei, T. Liu, X. Zhang, S. Bai and H. Yang, Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 17193 DOI: 10.1039/C7NR06807G

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