Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 7, Issue 34, Pages 19210-19218Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b05012
Keywords
3D porous graphene oxide membrane; CNT-bridged graphene oxide; E. coli O157:H7 bacteria removal; bacteria disinfection; separation of As(III); As(V) and Pb(II) from water
Funding
- NSF-PREM [DMR-1205194]
- NIH RCMI [G12MD0007581, G12 MD007591]
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More than a billion people lack access to safe drinking water that is free from pathogenic bacteria and toxic metals. The World Health Organization estimates several million people, mostly children, die every year due to the lack of good quality water. Driven by this need, we report the development of PGLa antimicrobial peptide and glutathione conjugated carbon nanotube (CNT) bridged three-dimensional (3D) porous graphene oxide membrane, which can be used for highly efficient disinfection of Escherichia colt O157:H7 bacteria and removal of As(III), As(V), and Pb(II) from water. Reported results demonstrate that versatile membrane has the capability to capture and completely disinfect pathogenic pathogenic E. colt O157:H7 bacteria from water. Experimentally observed disinfection data indicate that the PGLa attached membrane can dramatically enhance the possibility of destroying pathogenic E. coli bacteria via synergistic mechanism. Reported results show that glutathione attached CNT-bridged 3D graphene oxide membrane can be used to remove As (III), As(V), and Pb(II) from water sample at 10 ppm level. Our data demonstrated that PGLa and glutathione attached membrane has the capability for high efficient removal of E. colt O157:H7 bacteria, As(III), As(V), and Pb(II) simultaneously from Mississippi River water.
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