Improving the particulate matter filtration, antibacterial, and degradation properties of electrospinning poly(lactic acid) membranes with ZIF-8@chitosan

In order to improve the filtration efficiency of electrospinning poly(lactic acid) (PLA) membrane on particulate matter (PM), endow the membrane with good antibacterial properties, and accelerate the degradation effect of PLA materials in natural water and soil environments, ZIF-8@chitosan (ZIF-8@CS) was prepared by in situ growth method and was combined with PLA to manufacture the PLA/ZIF-8@CS electrospinning membranes. The PLA/ZIF-8@CS (3 wt%) membrane exhibited filtration efficiencies of 96.79 % for PM2.5 and 91.21 % for PM10, which were significantly higher than that of PP melt-blown cloth. Due to the inherently positive charge and the synergistic interaction between CS and ZIF-8, the antibacterial rates of PLA/ZIF-8@CS membranes were up to 100 % for E. coli and S. aureus after contact for 8 h. The addition of ZIF-8@CS in the membranes also influenced the degradation behavior of PLA/ZIF-8@CS membranes evidently.