Polyaniline/Cu(II) Metal-organic Frameworks Composite for High Performance Supercapacitor Electrode

Engineering a bacterial polysaccharide-based metal-organic framework-enhanced bioactive 3D hydrogel for accelerated full-thickness wound healing

Hydrogels offer numerous advantages in wound healing, making them a promising alternative to traditional wound dressings. Their biocompatibility and high water content closely resemble natural biological tissues, creating a moist environment that accelerates cell proliferation and tissue repair. Hydrogels maintain optimal hydration levels, preventing wound desiccation and promoting faster healing. Furthermore, their ability to incorporate and deliver therapeutic agents such as antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs, or growth factors provides a multifunctional platform for enhanced wound care. Despite these advantages, current clinical wound-dressing materials often fall short in addressing the complexities of wound healing. Hydrogels, with their customizable properties and potential for integration with emerging technologies, represent a significant opportunity to overcome these limitations and improve clinical outcomes in wound management. Herein, we developed a multi-functional Cu-MOF and tannic acid-enriched polymeric hydrogel dressing composed of gellan-gum/zein for full-thickness wound repair. The physical interactions, including electrostatic interaction and hydrogen bonding between the hydrogel components, form a stable hydrogel matrix. The hydrogel exhibits antioxidant properties and antibacterial activity, and is hemocompatible and biocompatible against L929 fibroblast cells. Furthermore, the fabricated hydrogel dressing improvised a full-thickness wound-healing process in rats. Only 1.6% of the wound area was remaining in the case of GG-Z-TA/M1-treated full-thickness wounds in rats. Histopathology images suggest the Cu-MOF-loaded hydrogels aided in extensive re-epithelialization, neovascularization, and hair follicle formation to accelerate the wound-healing process.

Deciphering heterojunction layered double hydroxide-polyaniline-carbon nanotubes for phosphorus capture in capacitive deionization

The capacitive deionization (CDI) has emerged as a robust technology due to its effective performance in removing and recovering phosphate in wastewater. However, there are still challenges in achieving fast charge transfer and high capacity phosphorus storage simultaneously. In this study, a layered double hydroxide-polyaniline-carbon nanotubes composite material (ZnFe-PANI/CNT) with heterojunction and pseudocapacitive characteristics was fabricated via a simple and effective precipitation strategy. The existence of heterojunction and pseudocapacitance of ZnFe-PANI/CNT was confirmed through material performance testing Moreover, with its fast charge transfer and high ion storage performance, it was achieved high phosphate adsorption efficiency (94 %) and sustainable electrode regeneration in low concentration phosphate wastewater. Ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS) and density functional theory revealed the ability to accelerate charge transfer, which was contributed by the heterojunction ZnFe-PANI/CNT. In addition, it was found that the synergies of electrostatic attraction, ligand exchange and surface complexation contributed to the high phosphate capture ability in the acidic environments. The binuclear bidentate or mononuclear bidentate structures dominated the surface configuration of phosphate adsorption at pH 4-9.

Copper-MOF and tannic acid-empowered composite cryogel as a skin substitute for accelerated deep wound healing

The effective management of deep skin wounds remains a significant healthcare challenge that often deteriorates with bacterial infection, oxidative stress, tissue necrosis, and excessive production of wound exudate. Current medical approaches, including traditional wound dressing materials, cannot effectively address these issues. There is a great need to engineer advanced and multifunctional wound dressings to address this multifaceted problem effectively. Herein, a rationally designed composite cryogel composed of a Copper Metal-Organic Framework (Cu-MOF), tannic acid (TA), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), and zein protein has been developed by freeze-thaw technique. Cryogels display a remarkable swelling capacity attributed to their interconnected microporous morphology. Moreover, dynamic mechanical behaviour with the characteristics of potent antimicrobial, antioxidant, and biodegradation makes it a desirable wound dressing material. It was further confirmed that the material is highly biocompatible and can release TA and copper ions in a controlled manner. In-vivo skin irritation in a rat model demonstrated that composite cryogel did not provoke any irritation/inflammation when applied to the skin of a healthy recipient. In a deep wound model, the composite cryogel significantly accelerates the wound healing rate. These findings highlight the multifunctional nature of composite cryogels and their promising potential for clinical applications as advanced wound dressings.

Microporous Zr-metal-organic frameworks based-nanocomposites for thermoelectric applications

In the area of energy storage and conversion, Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are receiving more and more attention. They combine organic nature with long-range order and low thermal conductivity, giving them qualities to be potentially attractive for thermoelectric applications. To make the framework electrically conductive so far, thermoelectricity in this class of materials requires infiltration by outside conductive guest molecules. In this study, an in-situ polymerization of conductive polyaniline inside the porous structure of MOF-801 was conducted to synthesize PANi@MOF-801 nanocomposites for thermoelectrical applications. The growth of polyaniline chains of different loadings inside the host MOF matrix generally enhanced bulk electrical conductivity by about 6 orders of magnitude, leading to Seebeck coefficient value of -141 µVK-1 and improved thermal stability. The unusual increase in electrical conductivity was attributed to the formation of highly oriented conductive PANi chains inside the MOF pores, besides host-guest physical interaction, while the Seebeck coefficient enhancement was because of the energy filtering effect of the developed structure. Modulating the composition of PANi@MOF-801 composites by varying the aniline: MOF-801 ratio in the synthesis bath from 2:1 and 1:1 to 1:2 leads to a change in the semiconductor properties from p-type semiconductor to n-type. Among the examined composites with n-type semiconducting properties exhibited the highest ZT value, 0.015, and lowest thermal conductivity, 0.24 Wm-1 K-1. The synthesized composites have better performance than those recently reported for a similar category of thermoelectric materials related to MOF-based composites.

Metal-Organic Framework Materials for Electrochemical Supercapacitors

Exploring new materials with high stability and capacity is full of challenges in sustainable energy conversion and storage systems. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), as a new type of porous material, show the advantages of large specific surface area, high porosity, low density, and adjustable pore size, exhibiting a broad application prospect in the field of electrocatalytic reactions, batteries, particularly in the field of supercapacitors. This comprehensive review outlines the recent progress in synthetic methods and electrochemical performances of MOF materials, as well as their applications in supercapacitors. Additionally, the superiorities of MOFs-related materials are highlighted, while major challenges or opportunities for future research on them for electrochemical supercapacitors have been discussed and displayed, along with extensive experimental experiences.

Recent Advancements of Polyaniline/Metal Organic Framework (PANI/MOF) Composite Electrodes for Supercapacitor Applications: A Critical Review

Supercapacitors (SCs), also known as ultracapacitors, should be one of the most promising contenders for meeting the needs of human viable growth owing to their advantages: for example, excellent capacitance and rate efficiency, extended durability, and cheap materials price. Supercapacitor research on electrode materials is significant because it plays a vital part in the performance of SCs. Polyaniline (PANI) is an exceptional candidate for energy-storage applications owing to its tunable structure, multiple oxidation/reduction reactions, cheap price, environmental stability, and ease of handling. With their exceptional morphology, suitable functional linkers, metal sites, and high specific surface area, metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are outstanding materials for electrodes fabrication in electrochemical energy storage systems. The combination of PANI and MOF (PANI/MOF composites) as electrode materials demonstrates additional benefits, which are worthy of exploration. The positive impacts of the two various electrode materials can improve the resultant electrochemical performances. Recently, these kinds of conducting polymers with MOFs composites are predicted to become the next-generation electrode materials for the development of efficient and well-organized SCs. The recent achievements in the use of PANI/MOFs-based electrode materials for supercapacitor applications are critically reviewed in this paper. Furthermore, we discuss the existing issues with PANI/MOF composites and their analogues in the field of supercapacitor electrodes in addition to potential future improvements.

Metal–organic framework functionalized sulphur doped graphene: a promising platform for selective and sensitive electrochemical sensing of acetaminophen, dopamine and H2O2

We present a simple in situ self-assembly approach for crafting a heteroatom doped graphene supported MOF nanocomposite with excellent potential for selective and sensitive electrochemical sensing of clinically important molecules.

Efficient Synthesis and Characterization of Polyaniline@Aluminium-Succinate Metal-Organic Frameworks Nanocomposite and Its Application for Zn(II) Ion Sensing

A new class of conductive metal-organic framework (MOF), polyaniline- aluminum succinate (PANI@Al-SA) nanocomposite was prepared by oxidative polymerization of aniline monomer using potassium persulfate as an oxidant. Several analytical techniques such as FTIR, FE-SEM, EDX, XRD, XPS and TGA-DTA were utilized to characterize the obtained MOFs nanocomposite. DC electrical conductivity of polymer-MOFs was determined by four probe method. A bare glassy carbon electrode (GCE) was modified by nafion/PANI@Al-SA, and examined for Zn (II) ion detection. Modified electrode showed improved efficiency by 91.9%. The modified electrode (PANI@Al-SA/nafion/GCE) exhibited good catalytic property and highly selectivity towards Zn(II) ion. A linear dynamic range of 2.8–228.6 µM was obtained with detection limit of LOD 0.59 µM and excellent sensitivity of 7.14 µA µM⁻¹ cm⁻². The designed procedure for Zn (II) ion detection in real sample exhibited good stability in terms of repeatability, reproducibility and not affected by likely interferents. Therefore, the developed procedure is promising for quantification of Zn(II) ion in real samples.

Terbium metal–organic frameworks as capable electrodes for supercapacitors

Tb-MOF as electrode material for supercapacitors with high specific capacitance and excellent capacitance retention.