PMID- 26960922
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20170106
LR  - 20190423
IS  - 2045-2322 (Electronic)
IS  - 2045-2322 (Linking)
VI  - 6
DP  - 2016 Mar 10
TI  - Stability of titania nanotube arrays in aqueous environment and the related 
      factors.
PG  - 23065
LID - 10.1038/srep23065 [doi]
LID - 23065
AB  - Titania nanotube arrays (NTAs) on titanium (Ti) fabricated by electrochemical 
      anodization have attracted tremendous interest for diverse applications, of which 
      most perform in aqueous environment or related to interaction with water. The 
      NTAs are widely studied however the related factor of stability of NTAs when 
      applied in such environment has rarely been concerned. We report that the 
      annealed anatase NTAs are stable but the non-annealed amorphous NTAs are unstable 
      to undergo specific structural change accompanied with a process of amorphous 
      TiO2 dissolution and anatase TiO2 recrystallization. Quite unexpectedly, the 
      non-annealed NTAs still show good stability without structural change in the cell 
      culture media, possibly due to the presence of inorganics that may interfere with 
      the TiO2 dissolution/redeposition process. The pH value of the aqueous 
      environment is not a determinant factor for the structural change for 
      non-annealed NTAs or not, while the temperature and the existence of F(-) can 
      accelerate the structural change process. F(-) may play a very important role in 
      the change process.
FAU - Cao, Can
AU  - Cao C
AD  - State key Laboratory of Military Stomatology, Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, 
      School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, 
      China.
AD  - Department of Stomatology, General Hospital of Shenyang military region Command, 
      China.
FAU - Yan, Jun
AU  - Yan J
AD  - State key Laboratory of Military Stomatology, Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, 
      School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, 
      China.
FAU - Zhang, Yumei
AU  - Zhang Y
AD  - State key Laboratory of Military Stomatology, Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, 
      School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, 
      China.
FAU - Zhao, Lingzhou
AU  - Zhao L
AD  - State key Laboratory of Military Stomatology, Department of Periodontology, 
      School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, 
      China.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20160310
PL  - England
TA  - Sci Rep
JT  - Scientific reports
JID - 101563288
SB  - IM
PMC - PMC4785341
COIS- The authors declare no competing financial interests.
EDAT- 2016/03/11 06:00
MHDA- 2016/03/11 06:01
PMCR- 2016/03/10
CRDT- 2016/03/11 06:00
PHST- 2015/10/25 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2016/02/29 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2016/03/11 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/03/11 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/03/11 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2016/03/10 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - srep23065 [pii]
AID - 10.1038/srep23065 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Sci Rep. 2016 Mar 10;6:23065. doi: 10.1038/srep23065.