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Growth of TiO2 Nanotube on Titanium Substrate to Enhance its Biotribological Performance and Biocorrosion Resistance

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TiO2 nanotubes (NTs) have a great potential in improving the osetointegration of titanium (Ti)-based biomaterials. Much efforts have been made to evaluate the biological performance of the TiO2 nanotube in regulating protein adsorption and cells attachments. As often used in orthopaedic applications, although biotribological performance and biocorrosion are important issues in these applications, few researches have been reported on the biotribological performance of NT layers. This paper reports the preparation of a structure-optimised TiO2 NT (SO-NT) material via a multi-step oxidation strategy, as well as its biotribological and biocorrosion behaviours. In this procedure, an interfacial bonding layer of approximately 120 nm - 150 nm was first formed on the titanium substrate, which was then joined to the NT bottoms. The mechanical testing with respect to impact, bending, and biotribological performance have demonstrated the resultant SO-NT layer possess improved mechanical stability compared to conventional NT. The uniform hyperfine interfacial bonding layer with nano-sized grains exhibited a strong bonding to NT layer and Ti substrate. It was observed that the layer not only effectively dissipates external impacts and shear stress but also acts as a good corrosion resistance barrier to prevent the Ti substrate from corrosion. Theoretical models were proposed to analyze and predict the shear performance and corrosion-resistance mechanisms of the resultant material. The obtained results demonstrated that the SO-NT material has great potential in orthopaedic applications.

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Acknowledgment

This project is financially supported by the EU via the H2020-MSCA-RISE-2016 program (Grant no: 734156), Royal Society via the International Exchange Program (Grant no: IE161349), Key Research Project from the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFC1100401), National Natural Science Foundation of China (51705507), and Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by CAST (2017QNRC001).

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  1. Institute of Orthopaedic & Musculoskeletal Science, Division of Surgery & Interventional Science, University College London, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, HA7 4LP, UK

    Jiajun Luo, Bianhong Li, Sara Ajami & Chaozong Liu

  2. School of Mechatronical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China

    Bianhong Li

  3. State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China

    Shuanhong Ma & Feng Zhou

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Luo, J., Li, B., Ajami, S. et al. Growth of TiO2 Nanotube on Titanium Substrate to Enhance its Biotribological Performance and Biocorrosion Resistance. J Bionic Eng 16, 1039–1051 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42235-019-0116-2

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