Facile fabrication of antibacterial membranes with human-friendly aloin for water purification

IF 11.4 1区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL

Water Research Pub Date : 2025-03-18 DOI:10.1016/j.watres.2025.123515

Ji Qi, Shanshan Zhao, Jian Chen, Qiwei Guo, Yirong Hong, Fangang Meng

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Abstract

Currently, chemicals or nanoparticles are widely used for modifying membranes to improve their antifouling properties. However, the chemicals released, particularly during long-term water or wastewater filtration, are highly toxic to the environment and humans. Herein, an herb-inspired, green antibacterial membrane with exceptional sustainable antifouling properties was developed using aloin. The resultant membranes exhibited excellent bacterial inactivating efficiency because of the electrostatic interactions between the amine groups on the membrane and the bacterial cells, which contributed to cell deformation. The aloin molecules also significantly increased reactive oxygen species levels, causing oxidative damage to bacterial cells. Moreover, the functional decorative layer, which exhibited remarkable resistance to bacterial adhesion because of the abundant hydroxyl, carbonyl, and amino groups in aloin, endowed the as-prepared membranes with strong polarity, reducing bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation. When applied in a membrane bioreactor, the aloin-modified membranes demonstrated a >27.0% lower fouling rate than commercial microfiltration membranes. Overall, the successful fabrication strategy and material features described offer a green alternative for membrane development and provide new avenues for the design of healthcare materials such as wound dressings.

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Water Research 环境科学-工程：环境

CiteScore

20.80

自引率

9.40%

发文量

1307

审稿时长

38 days

期刊介绍： Water Research, along with its open access companion journal Water Research X, serves as a platform for publishing original research papers covering various aspects of the science and technology related to the anthropogenic water cycle, water quality, and its management worldwide. The audience targeted by the journal comprises biologists, chemical engineers, chemists, civil engineers, environmental engineers, limnologists, and microbiologists. The scope of the journal include: •Treatment processes for water and wastewaters (municipal, agricultural, industrial, and on-site treatment), including resource recovery and residuals management; •Urban hydrology including sewer systems, stormwater management, and green infrastructure; •Drinking water treatment and distribution; •Potable and non-potable water reuse; •Sanitation, public health, and risk assessment; •Anaerobic digestion, solid and hazardous waste management, including source characterization and the effects and control of leachates and gaseous emissions; •Contaminants (chemical, microbial, anthropogenic particles such as nanoparticles or microplastics) and related water quality sensing, monitoring, fate, and assessment; •Anthropogenic impacts on inland, tidal, coastal and urban waters, focusing on surface and ground waters, and point and non-point sources of pollution; •Environmental restoration, linked to surface water, groundwater and groundwater remediation; •Analysis of the interfaces between sediments and water, and between water and atmosphere, focusing specifically on anthropogenic impacts; •Mathematical modelling, systems analysis, machine learning, and beneficial use of big data related to the anthropogenic water cycle; •Socio-economic, policy, and regulations studies.