Biocatalytic metal–organic framework nanomotors for active water decontamination

Ziyi Guo; Jian Liu; Yong Li; James A. McDonald; Muhammad Yazid Bin Zulkifli; Stuart J. Khan; Lei Xie; Zi Gu; Biao Kong; Kang Liang

doi:10.1039/D0CC06429G

Biocatalytic metal–organic framework nanomotors for active water decontamination†

Ziyi Guo,

‡^abcd Jian Liu,‡^bc Yong Li,^d James A. McDonald,^e Muhammad Yazid Bin Zulkifli,

^b Stuart J. Khan,

^e Lei Xie,

^a Zi Gu,

^b Biao Kong

*^a and Kang Liang

*^bc

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^a Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
E-mail: bkong@fudan.edu.cn

^b School of Chemical Engineering, Australian Centre for NanoMedicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
E-mail: kang.liang@unsw.edu.au

^c Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia

^d National Supercomputer Research Center of Advanced Materials, Advanced Materials Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250014, China

^e UNSW Water Research Centre, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New South Wales, NSW, Australia

Abstract

We report a biocatalytic, buoyancy-propelled metal–organic framework (MOF) nanomotor system with boosted removal efficiency for both inorganic heavy metal ions and organic per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). With the motion-induced convection and increased mass transfer of the target pollutants, the nano system exhibits excellent contaminants remediation capacity in both fresh water and sea water environments.

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Biocatalytic metal–organic framework nanomotors for active water decontamination†

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