Photocatalytic, Antimicrobial and Biocompatibility Features of Cotton Knit Coated with Fe-N-Doped Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles
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Miruna Silvia Stan 1, Ionela Cristina Nica 1, Anca Dinischiotu 1,*, Elena Varzaru 2, Ovidiu George Iordache 2, Iuliana Dumitrescu 2,*, Marcela Popa 3,4, Mariana Carmen Chifiriuc 3,4
, Gratiela G. Pircalabioru 3,4, Veronica Lazar 3,4, Eugenia Bezirtzoglou 5, Marcel Feder 6 and Lucian Diamandescu 6
Miruna Silvia Stan 1, Ionela Cristina Nica 1, Anca Dinischiotu 1,*, Elena Varzaru 2, Ovidiu George Iordache 2, Iuliana Dumitrescu 2,*, Marcela Popa 3,4, Mariana Carmen Chifiriuc 3,4, Gratiela G. Pircalabioru 3,4, Veronica Lazar 3,4, Eugenia Bezirtzoglou 5, Marcel Feder 6 and Lucian Diamandescu 6
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Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, 91-95 Splaiul Independentei, 050095 Bucharest, Romania
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National R&D Institute for Textiles and Leather Bucharest (INCDTP), 16 Lucretiu Patrascanu, 030508 Bucharest, Romania
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Department of Botanic-Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, 1-3 Aleea Portocalelor, 60101 Bucharest, Romania
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Research Institute of the University of Bucharest—ICUB, University of Bucharest, 91-95 Splaiul Independentei, 050095 Bucharest, Romania
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Department of Agricultural Development, Democritus University of Thrace, 67100 Xanthi, Greece
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National Institute of Materials Physics (NIMP), Atomistilor 405A, 077125 Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
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Academic Editor: Carla Renata Arciola
Materials 2016, 9(9), 789; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma9090789
Received: 1 August 2016 / Revised: 29 August 2016 / Accepted: 1 September 2016 / Published: 21 September 2016
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Materials for Hard and Soft Tissue Engineering: Novel Approaches)
Our research was focused on the evaluation of the photocatalytic and antimicrobial properties, as well as biocompatibility of cotton fabrics coated with fresh and reused dispersions of nanoscaled TiO2-1% Fe-N particles prepared by the hydrothermal method and post-annealed at 400 °C. The powders were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Mössbauer spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The textiles coated with doped TiO2 were characterized by scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray analyses, and their photocatalytic effect by trichromatic coordinates of the materials stained with methylene blue and coffee and exposed to UV, visible and solar light. The resulting doped TiO2 consists of a mixture of prevailing anatase phase and a small amount (~15%–20%) of brookite, containing Fe3+ and nitrogen. By reusing dispersions of TiO2-1% Fe-N, high amounts of photocatalysts were deposited on the fabrics, and the photocatalytic activity was improved, especially under visible light. The treated fabrics exhibited specific antimicrobial features, which were dependent on their composition, microbial strain and incubation time. The in vitro biocompatibility evaluation on CCD-1070Sk dermal fibroblasts confirmed the absence of cytotoxicity after short-term exposure. These results highlight the potential of TiO2-1% Fe-N nanoparticles for further use in the development of innovative self-cleaning and antimicrobial photocatalytic cotton textiles. However, further studies are required in order to assess the long-term skin exposure effects and the possible particle release due to wearing.
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Stan, M.S.; Nica, I.C.; Dinischiotu, A.; Varzaru, E.; Iordache, O.G.; Dumitrescu, I.; Popa, M.; Chifiriuc, M.C.; Pircalabioru, G.G.; Lazar, V.; Bezirtzoglou, E.; Feder, M.; Diamandescu, L. Photocatalytic, Antimicrobial and Biocompatibility Features of Cotton Knit Coated with Fe-N-Doped Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles. Materials 2016, 9, 789.
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