We report a novel metal organic framework (MOF) based on a cobalt arylphosphonate, namely, [Co2(H4-MTPPA)]·3NMP·H2O (1·3NMP·H2O), which was prepared solvothermically from the tetrahedral linker tetraphenylmethane tetrakis-4-phosphonic acid (H8-MTPPA) and CoSO4·7H2O in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP).
Here we report the first utilization
of the novel methane tetra-p-phenylphosphonic acid
(MTPPA) ligand for the preparation of metal complexes with Cu(II).
The hydrothermal and solvothermal reactions of tetratopic MTPPA as
a bridging ligand in conjunction with the square pyramidal {Cu(terpy)}2+ and {Cu2(pbterpy)}4+, (where terpy
= 2,2′:6′,2″-Terpyridine and pbterpy = 4′,4″″-(1,4-Phenylene)bis(2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine))
as prefixed corner building units have produced one-dimensional [{Cu(terpy)}2(MTPPA-H5) (MTPPA-H6)]·(4.25H2O)(H3O) (1) and two-dimensional [{Cu2(pbterpy)}MTPPA-H4] (2), respectively. The structures
were characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction and TGA.
We report two novel 3D porous metal‐organophosphonate metal organic frameworks (MOFs) [{Cu(4, 4’‐bpy)0.5(1,4‐NDPA‐H2)] (1), [{Cu2(4,4’‐bpy)0.5}(1,4‐NDPA)] (2) and a non‐porous [{Cu(4, 4’‐bpy)}(2,6‐NDPA‐H2)] (3) constructed using the structurally rigid 1,4‐naphthalenediphosphonic acid (1,4‐NDPA‐H4) and 2,6‐naphthalenediphosphonic acid (2,6‐NDPA‐H4). 1 and 2 exhibit high surface areas obtained using the structurally rigid and short aromatic organophosphonate linkers with copper. The compound 1 has been further analyzed by TGA and Quantum Design PPMS vibrating sample magnetometer.
Herein, we report on the synthesis of a microporous, three‐dimensional phosphonate metal–organic framework (MOF) with the composition Cu3(H5‐MTPPA)2 ⋅ 2 NMP (H8‐MTPPA=methane tetra‐p‐phenylphosphonic acid and NMP=N‐methyl‐2‐pyrrolidone). This MOF, termed TUB1, has a unique one‐dimensional inorganic building unit composed of square planar and distorted trigonal bipyramidal copper atoms. It possesses a (calculated) BET surface area of 766.2 m2/g after removal of the solvents from the voids. The Tauc plot for TUB1 yields indirect and direct band gaps of 2.4 eV and 2.7 eV, respectively. DFT calculations reveal the existence of two spin‐dependent gaps of 2.60 eV and 0.48 eV for the alpha and beta spins, respectively, with the lowest unoccupied crystal orbital for both gaps predominantly residing on the square planar copper atoms. The projected density of states suggests that the presence of the square planar copper atoms reduces the overall band gap of TUB1, as the beta‐gap for the trigonal bipyramidal copper atoms is 3.72 eV.
Here we present for the first time a potential wound dressing material implementing aptamers as binding entities to remove pathogenic cells from newly contaminated surfaces of wound matrix-mimicking collagen gels. The model pathogen in this study was the Gram-negative opportunistic bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which represents a considerable health threat in hospital environments as a cause of severe infections of burn or post-surgery wounds. A two-layered hydrogel composite material was constructed based on an established eight-membered focused anti-P. aeruginosa polyclonal aptamer library, which was chemically crosslinked to the material surface to form a trapping zone for efficient binding of the pathogen. A drug-loaded zone of the composite released the C14R antimicrobial peptide to deliver it directly to the bound pathogenic cells. We demonstrate that this material combining aptamer-mediated affinity and peptide-dependent pathogen eradication can quantitatively remove bacterial cells from the “wound” surface, and we show that the surface-trapped bacteria are completely killed. The drug delivery function of the composite thus represents an extra safeguarding property and thus probably one of the most important additional advances of a next-generation or smart wound dressing ensuring the complete removal and/or eradication of the pathogen of a freshly infected wound.
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