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Green fabrication of transparent Copper(II)-imidazolate metal–organic framework/cellulose nanocomposite films for antibacterial and UV-shielding applications

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The combination of two or more seemingly different features into a unique composite is an exciting direction for the preparation of novel versatile materials. Here, we report a facile and green strategy to fabricate transparent multifunctional cellulose-based film material. With carboxymethylated cellulose hydrogel as supporting medium and carboxyl groups as reactive sites, a type of antibacterial, biodegradable and UV-blocking nanocomposite films were fabricated by in situ synthesis of copper(II)-imidazolate metal–organic framework (Cu-MOF). The results show that the nanocomposite films possessed remarkable UV-blocking capability through the whole UV region meanwhile retaining high transmittance. Due to the weak photocatalytic effect of Cu-MOF, the nanocomposite films exhibit high photostability even after continuous UV irradiation (365 nm) for 12 h while maintaining their good mechanical strength. Quite encouragingly, Cu-MOF endowed the film with desirable antibacterial ability, and the antibacterial mechanism could be explained by the release of metal ions and ligands from Cu-MOF. Moreover, the incorporation of Cu-MOF can enhance the mechanical strength of the nanocomposite films. Therefore, the nanocomposite films have great potential for UV protection and transparent antimicrobial packaging applications.

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The authors are very grateful to acknowledge the support of the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. 2572018AB05) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 31770620) for this work.

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This work was supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (G. No. 2572018AB05) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (G. No. 31770620).

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    Lijian Sun & Qiu Fu

  2. Key Laboratory of Bio-Based Material Science & Technology (Ministry of Education), Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, People’s Republic of China

    Limei Li & Xueren Qian

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L.S.: Conceptualization, methodology, formal analysis, investigation, funding acquisition, writing—original draft. L.L.: Investigation, Methodology, Validation. Q.F. prepared Scheme 1, Figs. 6 and 9. X.Q.: Conceptualization, Writing—review & editing, supervision, funding acquisition. All authors reviewed the manuscript.

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Sun, L., Li, L., Fu, Q. et al. Green fabrication of transparent Copper(II)-imidazolate metal–organic framework/cellulose nanocomposite films for antibacterial and UV-shielding applications. Cellulose 30, 3569–3588 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-023-05106-x

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