Papers by Keyword: Titania (TiO₂)

Abstract: Er3+/Yb3+ co-doped TiO2 nanocrystals were prepared by Sol-gel method in which titanium tetrachloride was adopted as the precursor. The structure, particle size, and optical properties of samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction(XRD), Field emission-Scanning Electron Microscopy(FE-SEM) and photoluminescence(PL) spectra. Er3+ concentration was fixed at 1.0mol%, and Yb3+ concentration was changed from 3 to 10mol%. Intense upconversion luminescence was observed when the samples were excited by 980nm laser. The dependence of upconversion luminescence on Yb3+ concentration was presented. The results show that the upconversion luminescence increases with the Yb3+ concentration and gets its peak at 5%. The ratio of red emission to green emission(R/G) was strikingly enhanced with the increase of Yb3+ concentration. Under the excitation of 980nm, the green emission in the range of 520-570nm (2H11/2, 4S3/2→4I15/2) and the red emission in the range of 640~690nm (4F9/2 →4I15/2) are both due to two photons process. The possible upconversion mechanism was discussed.

Abstract: Hydroxyapatite/TiO2 composite material was coated onto Ti25Nb3Mo2Sn3Zr (TLM) alloy substrate. To study the effects of hydroxyapatite/TiO2 composite coatings on bone-related protein expression, the osteoblast were cultured with composite coatings for different times. The phase transformation and compound formation of the HA/TiO2 coatings were investigated using XRD (X-ray diffraction). The mRNA expression of Type I collagen, alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and osteocalcin were studied by RT-PCR (reverse transcriptional polymerase chain reaction). The titania delayed the crystallization of HA. The mRNA expressions of Type I collagen are decreased as the increasing of TiO2 percentage. The mRNA expressions of osteocalcin are approached. The ALP expression on H4 coating (HA/TiO2 mol ration is 5) after the osteoblast cultured with composite coating for 6 days is the highest. The increasing of TiO2 amount decreases the bioactivity of the composite coatings.

Abstract: TiO2, ZrO2 and titanium oxide in deficiency oxygen environment were used to modify the surface of biomedical NiTi stents. The coatings were prepared by vacuum deposition. The surface microstructures and characteristics, blood compatibility of the modified stents in simulated body fluids were assessed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), hemolysis test, coagulation test and blood platelet adhesion test. The hemocompatiblity of the modified stents were all improved by layer coating. Enhancement of blood compatibility was believed to stem from the improved surface water affinity and hemolysis resistance of the layer, and titanium oxide in deficiency oxygen environment displayed better. This study indicated that layer coating was a promising effective modification method for improving the surface properties of biomedical NiTi alloy intravascular stents. As a coating materials，titanium oxide in deficiency oxygen environment was better than TiO2 and ZrO2.

Abstract: The role of both nano-sized of plasma treated Nano Titanium Dioxide particles and strain rate on the tensile properties of plasma treated Nano Titanium Dioxide particles/PP/PLA nano-composites filaments (PTNTOPPCF) was studied. Filaments tensile samples of PTNTOPPCF were prepared by a twin screw mixer- twin screw extruder with a particle content of 0.3~1%. The influence of surface treatment of the particles, with and without low-temperature oxygen plasma treatment, on the physico-mechanical properties was studied. The tensile tests were carried out, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and SEM were used in this investigation. Tensile tests were done at different strain rates. The addition of plasma treated Nano Titanium Dioxide particles to PP/PLA caused a change in Young's modulus and yield stress of its composites. The experimental results also showed that the strain-rate sensitivity of PTNTOPPCF changed as plasma with and without oxygen treated Nano Titanium Dioxide particles was added to it with different o.w.f.. We found that the models lead to estimates of activation volumes in the range 4−40nm3 for truly nanocrystalline material. Activation volumes were found to changing un-monotonically with oxygen plasma treatment. The findings were found to be in accord with available experimental evidence in both a quantitative and qualitative manner. Deficiencies in the available experimental evidence were noted, specifically in the context of explaining some of the difficulties in comparing theoretical predictions to experimental observation.

Abstract: An Ag-Ce-TiO2 composite film was prepared by incorporating Ag in the Ce-TiO2 films with an impregnation method through photoreduction. The bactericidal activity of the Ag-Ce-TiO2 composite film and the effect of deposition of silver and doping cerium in the different irradiations on the antibacterial performance were assessed against Escherichia coli (E. coli). TIhrough characterization of X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectronic spectra (XPS) and UV/VIS diffusive reflectance spectra (DRS), it was found that the Ag-Ce-TiO2 composite film was composed of predominant anatase titania, cerium oxides (in the form of Ce2O3/CeO2) and silver nanoparticles. Moreover, the bactericidal activity of the Ag-Ce-TiO2 composite film and the effect of deposition of silver and doping cerium in the different irradiations on the antibacterial performance were assessed against Escherichia coli (E. coli). The results show that the Ag-Ce-TiO2 composite film has much higher antibacterial efficiency than that of glass and pure TiO2 film either in the room light or in the dark. Therefore, this composite film is promising in applications of antimicrobial and self-clean technologies.

Abstract: Pure rutile TiO2 nanorod-assembled microspheres were synthesized on a large scale without templates or surfactants by hydrolysis of TiCl3 in ethanol and HCl mixed solution at 180°C.The spheres exhibit unique three-dimensional hierarchical architectures with significantly improved photocatalytic activities in visible light.

Abstract: SiO2 nano-scale films were coated on the surface of TiO2 powder by liquid phase deposition. The morphology and the composition of coated TiO2 were studied by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray photoelectronic spectrscopy (XPS), and X-ray fluorescence (XRF). The study showed that a continuous SiO2 nano-scale film was coated on the TiO2 particles, and the element Si was bonded to the surface of TiO2 in the form of the Ti-O-Si bond. The most suitable conditions for coating are: 0.5 mol•L-1 of C ; pH value of 9.5; 200 g•L-1 of C , reaction time of 5 h at 85 °C.

Abstract: This paper presents a transmission electron microscopy study of two Fe-1.5wt.%Mo steels stabilized with 1.5wt.%SiO2 and 1.5wt.%TiO2,respectively, and compacted through spark plasma sintering. The microstructure inspections revealed that sintered FeMo+SiO2 is able to maintain a nanometric scale grained structure up to a sintering temperature of 815°C, while the steel modified with TiO2 retained its nanometric scale microstructure up to 900°C. The ultra-fine grained structure (within 100-150 nm) was also directly correlated to the grain boundary stability through systematic extinction contours survey. Local nano-welding phenomena shows the effective compacting process of the Fe-Mo powders during sintering. Residual nano-porosity was found to decorate most of the grain boundaries and the triple grain junctions in all the sintering conditions examined, although this nano-porosity accounted for values within 0.26% in volume fraction.

Abstract: TiO2 has some unique photocatalytic functions and some of them have been utilized industrially, and further functional enhancement and performance enhancement of TiO2 have been required. Under such circumstances, this study aims to clarify the influence of surface topography on the photocatalytic reaction of TiO2 film surface. As the first step, the optimum mixing ratio in film preparation by using TiO2 powder was examined and the films with several kinds of surface roughnesses were prepared. And, the influence of surface topography on the wettabilty, which is one of the photocatalytic functions of TiO2 was evaluated. As a result, it was confirmed that the wettability of TiO2 films could be improved by increasing both the surface roughness and actual surface area under the ultraviolet rays irradiation environment.

Abstract: TiO2-based ceramic humidity sensors containing small amounts of Li2O and V2O5 were prepared by a solid-reaction method. The relationship between the pore structures of the sensors and one of the most important humidity properties, hysteresis in humidity sensitivity, was studied. The humidity sensitivity was investigated by measuring the impedance of the sensors under various conditions of humidity, and the pore-size distribution was measured by mercury-intrusion porosimetry and by the nitrogen-adsorption method. The hysteresis property of the sensors was shown to be significantly dependent on their microstructure, particularly the volume ratio of mesopores to all pores in the sensor elements. Nitrogen adsorption was found to be more useful than mercury porosimetry for determining the proportion of mesopores in the samples.