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ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2021

Titanium industrial residues surface modification towards its reuse as antimicrobial surfaces.

Camelia Ungureanu, Laura Barbulescu, Cristina Dumitriu, Claudiu Manole, Cristian Pirvu

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Article in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Camelia UngureanuGeneral Chemistry Department, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 1-7 Polizu, 011061, Bucharest, Romania.
Laura BarbulescuGeneral Chemistry Department, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 1-7 Polizu, 011061, Bucharest, Romania.
Cristina DumitriuGeneral Chemistry Department, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 1-7 Polizu, 011061, Bucharest, Romania.
Claudiu ManoleGeneral Chemistry Department, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 1-7 Polizu, 011061, Bucharest, Romania.
Cristian PirvuGeneral Chemistry Department, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 1-7 Polizu, 011061, Bucharest, Romania. cristian.pirvu@upb.ro.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0339-6146
Universitatea Națională de Știință și Tehnologie Politehnica București · ROInstitute of Non-ferrous and Rare Metals · RO

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, a new material obtained from titanium ingots residue was coated with natural carotenoids having antibacterial properties. The waste is a no recycling titanium scrap from technological production process which was pressed and transformed into disks titanium samples. Through anodization and annealing procedures of the titanium disk, a nanostructured titanium dioxide surface with photocatalytic and antibacterial properties was successfully obtained. The titanium scrap impurities (V, Al, and N), unwanted for production process, have shown to improve electrochemical and semiconductor properties of the residue surfaces. The nanostructured titanium scrap surface was modified with two different carotenoids, torularhodin and β-carotene, to potentiate the antibacterial properties. The bactericidal tests were performed against Salmonella typhimurium and Escherichia coli, both Gram-negative. The best bactericidal effect is obtained for nanostructured titanium scrap disks immersed in torularhodin, with a percentage of growth inhibition around 60% against both tested bacteria. The results suggest that this low-cost waste material is suitable for efficient reuse as antibacterial surface after a few simple and inexpensive treatments.

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Anti-Infective AgentsNanostructuresAnti-Bacterial AgentsSurface PropertiesTitaniumAnti-Bacterial AgentsAnti-Infective AgentsTitaniumAntimicrobial surfaceTiO2 nanotubeTitanium flakesTorularhodin and β-carotene

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PMID33733411
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