Fabrication of silver-incorporated TiO2 nanotubes and evaluation on its antibacterial activity

Zhijun Guo; Chen Chen; Qin Gao; Yubao Li; Li Zhang

doi:10.1016/j.matlet.2014.09.081

Fabrication of silver-incorporated TiO2 nanotubes and evaluation on its antibacterial activity

Zhijun Guo, Chen Chen, Qin Gao, Yubao Li, Li Zhang

School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

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Abstract

Silver nanoparticle-incorporated TiO2 nanotubes (Ag/TiO2-NTs) were successfully synthesized by anodization and immersion in a silver nitrate solution followed by ultraviolet light radiation. The obtained Ag/TiO2-NT samples were characterized by SEM, TEM and EDS, and the results show that the silver nanoparticles adhere strongly to the inner walls of the nanotubes along the entire length. The antibacterial ability to Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus was also evaluated, and indicated that the incorporation of Ag was effective to restrain the growth of the testing bacteria.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	464-467
Journal	Materials Letters
Volume	137
Early online date	28 Sept 2014
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2014.09.081
Publication status	Published - 15 Dec 2014

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