Biodegradable polymer‐Metal‐Organic Framework (MOF) composites for controlled and sustainable pesticide delivery

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dos Reis, RA, Mahmoud, LAM, Ivanovska, EH, Telford, R, Addicoat, MA ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5406-7927, Terry, LR, Ting, VP and Nayak, S, 2023. Biodegradable polymer‐Metal‐Organic Framework (MOF) composites for controlled and sustainable pesticide delivery. Advanced Sustainable Systems. ISSN 2366-7486

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/adsu.202300269

Abstract

Due to high surface area, loading capacity, and selectivity, Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) have shown much promise recently for potential applications in extraction and delivery of agrochemicals for environmental remediation and sustainable release, respectively. However, application of MOFs for pesticide delivery in wider agricultural context can be restricted by their granular form. Herein, an alternative approach is studied using biodegradable polymer-MOF composites to address this limitation. The loading and release of a widely used pesticide, 2,4-dichloropheoxycetic acid (2,4-D), is studied using two MOFs, UiO-66 and UiO-66-NH2, and the 2,4-D-loaded MOFs are incorporated into biodegradable polycaprolactone composites for convenient handling and minimizing runoff. The MOFs are loaded by in-situ, and post-synthetic methods, and characterised thoroughly to ensure successful synthesis and loading of 2,4-D. The pesticide release studies are performed on the MOFs and composites in distilled water, and analysed using UV-Vis spectroscopy, demonstrating sustained-release of 2,4-D over 16 days. The loaded MOF samples show high loading capacity, with up to 45 wt% for the in-situ loaded UiO-66. Release kinetics show more sustained release of 2,4-D from UiO-66-NH2 compared to UiO-66, which can be due to supramolecular interactions between the NH2 group of UiO-66-NH2 and 2,4-D. This is further supported by computational studies.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Advanced Sustainable Systems
Creators:	dos Reis, R.A., Mahmoud, L.A.M., Ivanovska, E.H., Telford, R., Addicoat, M.A., Terry, L.R., Ting, V.P. and Nayak, S.
Publisher:	Wiley
Date:	4 October 2023
ISSN:	2366-7486
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1002/adsu.202300269 DOI 1817468 Other
Rights:	© 2023 The Authors. Advanced Sustainable Systems published by Wiley-VCH GmbH. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Science and Technology
Record created by:	Linda Sullivan
Date Added:	11 Oct 2023 09:10
Last Modified:	11 Oct 2023 09:10
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/49951