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Cationic engineered nanodiamonds for efficient antibacterial surface with strong wear resistance

Show Author's Information Fu-Kui Li,§,  Wen-Bo Zhao,§,  Yong Wang,  Wen-Tao Huang,  Ya-Lun Ku,  Hang Liu,  Rui Guo,  Hui-Hui Yu,  Kai-Kai Liu( ),  Chong-Xin Shan( )
Henan Key Laboratory of Diamond Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Ministry of Education, and School of Physics & Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China

§ Fu-Kui Li and Wen-Bo Zhao contributed equally to this work.

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Li F-K, Zhao W-B, Wang Y, et al. Cationic engineered nanodiamonds for efficient antibacterial surface with strong wear resistance. Nano Research, 2024, 17(3): 939-948. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-024-6417-8
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The spread of diseases caused by bacterial adhesion and immobilization in public places constitutes a serious threat to public health. Prevention of bacteria spread by the construction of an antibacterial surface takes precedence over post-infection treatment. Herein, we demonstrate an effective antibacterial surface with strong wear resistance by constructing cationic engineered nanodiamonds (C-NDs). The C-NDs with positive surface potentials interact effectively with bacteria through electrostatic interactions, where the C-NDs act on the phospholipid bilayer and lead to bacterial membrane collapse and rupture through hydrogen bonding and residual surface oxygen-containing reactive groups. In this case, bactericidal rate of 99.99% and bacterial biofilm inhibition rate of more than 80% can be achieved with the C-NDs concentration of 1 mg/mL. In addition, the C-NDs show outstanding antibacterial stability, retaining over 87% of the antibacterial effect after stimulation by adverse environments of heat, acid, and external abrasion. Therefore, an antibacterial surface with high wear resistance obtained by integrating C-NDs with commercial plastics has been demonstrated. The antibacterial surface with a mass fraction of 1 wt.% C-NDs improved abrasion resistance by 3981 times, with 99% killing of adherent bacteria. This work provides an effective strategy for highly efficient antibacterial wear-resistant surface, showing great practical applications in public health environments.


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Cationic engineered nanodiamonds for efficient antibacterial surface with strong wear resistance

Show Author's information Fu-Kui Li,§, Wen-Bo Zhao,§, Yong Wang, Wen-Tao Huang, Ya-Lun Ku, Hang Liu, Rui Guo, Hui-Hui Yu, Kai-Kai Liu( ), Chong-Xin Shan( )
Henan Key Laboratory of Diamond Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Ministry of Education, and School of Physics & Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China

§ Fu-Kui Li and Wen-Bo Zhao contributed equally to this work.

Abstract

The spread of diseases caused by bacterial adhesion and immobilization in public places constitutes a serious threat to public health. Prevention of bacteria spread by the construction of an antibacterial surface takes precedence over post-infection treatment. Herein, we demonstrate an effective antibacterial surface with strong wear resistance by constructing cationic engineered nanodiamonds (C-NDs). The C-NDs with positive surface potentials interact effectively with bacteria through electrostatic interactions, where the C-NDs act on the phospholipid bilayer and lead to bacterial membrane collapse and rupture through hydrogen bonding and residual surface oxygen-containing reactive groups. In this case, bactericidal rate of 99.99% and bacterial biofilm inhibition rate of more than 80% can be achieved with the C-NDs concentration of 1 mg/mL. In addition, the C-NDs show outstanding antibacterial stability, retaining over 87% of the antibacterial effect after stimulation by adverse environments of heat, acid, and external abrasion. Therefore, an antibacterial surface with high wear resistance obtained by integrating C-NDs with commercial plastics has been demonstrated. The antibacterial surface with a mass fraction of 1 wt.% C-NDs improved abrasion resistance by 3981 times, with 99% killing of adherent bacteria. This work provides an effective strategy for highly efficient antibacterial wear-resistant surface, showing great practical applications in public health environments.

Keywords: nanodiamonds, wear-resistant, antibacterial surface, cationic engineered

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Received: 23 October 2023
Revised: 13 December 2023
Accepted: 14 December 2023
Published: 25 January 2024
Issue date: March 2024

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The authors acknowledge the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 12274378, 62075198 and U21A2070), Outstanding Youth Foundation of Henan (No. 222300420087) for financial support of this work.

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