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    Titanium industrial residues surface modification towards its reuse as antimicrobial surfaces

    Year: 2021

    Journal: Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res., Volume 28, JUL, page 38224–38237

    Authors: Ungureanu, Camelia; Barbulescu, Laura; Dumitriu, Cristina; Manole, Claudiu; Pirvu, Cristian

    Organizations: European Regional Development Fund through Competitiveness Operational Program [P_36_611, 107066]

    Keywords: Titanium flakes; TiO2 nanotube; Antimicrobial surface; Torularhodin and β -carotene

    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 beta-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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