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Synthesis and characterization of advanced hybrid titanium compounds/F-MWCNTs nanocomposites and their antibacterial activities

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The main objective of this paper is to synthesize advanced hybrid titanium compounds/F-MWCNTs nanocomposites for biomedical applications using a low temperature chemical method followed by an annealing processing. The uniqueness of our approach consists of utilizing the raw materials namely titanium compounds with varying morphological shapes i.e., spherical and nanoflowers nanoparticles for developing advanced nanocomposites A & B having hybrid organic–inorganic titanium compounds namely titanium oxide and sodium titanium oxide, which are conformally impregnated on F-MWCNTs and are useful for biomedical applications. Various techniques such as X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), ThermoGravimetric Analysis (TGA), X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), Transmission Scanning Electron Microscopy (TEM), and Energy Dispersive X-ray Analysis (EDX), were performed to study and confirm the structures of the developed advanced hybrid titanium compounds F-MWCNTS nanocomposite. The developed nanocomposite A has shown antibacterial potential against test microbes, gram positive, and gram negative bacteria namely Staphylococcus aureus, Escheria coli, Lactobacillus planetarum, Lactobacillus acidophilus, and Enterococcus faecalis using the disc diffusion method at different concentrations. The developed material is useful for various applications like antibacterial agents, sodium insertion material of sodium ion batteries, shielding radiations like UV, X-rays while performing dental radiographic examinations of the patients.

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  • Advanced hybrid titanium compounds/F-MWCNTs nano composites for biomedical applications were obtained by a low-temperature chemical method followed by an annealing processing.

  • The titanium compounds with varying morphological shapes i.e spherical and nanoflowers nanoparticles were used for developing advanced nano composites A & B having hybrid organic–inorganic titanium compounds conformally impregnated on F-MWCNTs.

  • Nanocomposite A has shown antibacterial potential against test microbes using the disc diffusion method.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by DST Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Grant No. GAP-0085) on Development of advanced multi-elementally and nano-morphologically modified MWCNTs. Authors are also thankful to Director, CSIR-AMPRI, Bhopal for providing necessary institutional facilities and encouragement.

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    Harsh Bajpai, Medha Mili, S. A. R. Hashmi, A. K. Srivastava & Sarika Verma

  2. Centre of Excellence in Biotechnology, M.P. Council of Science and Technology, Nehru Nagar, Bhopal, MP, 462003, India

    Anita Tilwari

  3. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-IIMT, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751013, India

    Mamata Mohapatra

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Bajpai, H., Mili, M., Hashmi, S.A.R. et al. Synthesis and characterization of advanced hybrid titanium compounds/F-MWCNTs nanocomposites and their antibacterial activities. J Sol-Gel Sci Technol 96, 153–165 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-020-05384-y

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