Facile Preparation and Photoinduced Superhydrophilicity of Highly Ordered Sodium-Free Titanate Nanotube Films by Electrophoretic Deposition

Highly ordered sodium-free titanate nanotube films were one-step prepared on F-doped SnO2-coated (FTO) glass via an electrophoretic deposition method by using sodium titanate nanotubes as the precursor. It was found that the self-assembled formation of highly ordered sodium titanate nanotube films was accompanied with the effective removal of sodium ions in the nanotubes during the electrophoretic deposition process, resulting in the final formation of protonated titanate nanotube film. With increasing calcination temperature, the amorphous TiO2phase is formed by a dehydration process of the protonated titanate nanotubes at 300°C and further transforms into anatase TiO2when the calcination temperature is higher than 400°C. Compared with the as-prepared titanate nanotube film, the calcined titanate nanotube film (300–600°C) exhibits attractive photoinduced superhydrophilicity under UV-light irradiation. In particular, 500°C-calcined films show the best photoinduced superhydrophilicity, probably due to synergetic effects of enhanced crystallization, surface roughness, and ordered structures of the films.

Synthesis and Characterization of Bioactive Sodium Titanate Nanotube by Alkali Hydrothermal Treatment

In the present work, surface treatment of surgical implant Titanium alloy with micro bioactive nanotube was experimented. Surface treatment of Ti-6Al-4V bio-implant carried out by giving alkali hydrothermal and heat treatment. The specimens were treated in 1M NaOH at 100, 150, 200°C for different holding time of 2 hr, 4 hr, 6hr, 12 hr, 24hr & 48 hr. The hydrogel layer generated during the alkali treatment was crystallized to sodium titanate (Na2Ti6O13) and resulted into the formation of nano sized tubes on heat treatment. X-ray Diffractrometry (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) revealed the different phases and surface morphology of these nanorods. The biocompatibility test done using Simulate Body Fluid (SBF) showed that the Hydroxyapatite (HAp) was well formed at the sodium titanate nanotube layer generated on the Ti-6Al-4V specimen. The best condition for this increase in surface biocompatibility was optimized to 6 hours hydrothermal treatment under 200°C using 1 M NaOH followed by 1 hour heat treatment at 600°C.