Affiliation(s):
State Key Laboratory of Precision Manufacturing for Extreme Service Performance,
College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha
410083, China;
NHC Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis of Hunan Cancer Hospital and the Affiliated
Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Cancer Research Institute, School of Basic
Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China;
The Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion of the Chinese Ministry of
Education, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410078, China;
Department of Periodontics & Oral Mucosal Section, Xiangya Stomatological Hospital &
Xiangya School of Stomatology, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China;
Institute of Additive Manufacturing, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology,
Nanchang 330013, China;
College of Mechanical Engineering, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830017, China
Abstract: Fast electron-hole recombination in the photocatalysis process of titanium dioxide (TiO2)
limits its application in preventing bacterial infection for bone defect repair. In this study,
TiO2@reduced graphene oxide (rGO) composites were synthesized through a hydrothermal
method, in which rGO with superior electrical conductivity promoted the separation of
photoelectron-hole pairs of TiO2, thus improving the efficiency of photocatalytic production of
reactive oxygen species (ROS). Subsequently, the TiO2@rGO composites were introduced into
poly-l-lactic acid (PLLA) to prepare bone scaffold with photocatalytic antibacterial function
via selective laser sintering. It showed that TiO2 grew on the surface of rGO and formed a
covalent bond connection (Ti-O-C) with rGO. The electrochemical impedance of TiO2@rGO
composites was decreased, and the transient photocurrent intensity was increased from 0.05
?A/cm2
to 0.5 ?A/cm2
. The electron spin resonance resulted that the photocatalytic products of
TiO2 were •OH and •O2
?
, which were two kinds of ROS that could kill bacteria via destroying
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the bacterial membrane structure in vitro antibacterial experiment. The antibacterial rates of
PLLA/TiO2@rGO scaffold against E. coli and S. aureus were 60% and 71%, respectively.
Additionally, the scaffold exhibited enhanced mechanical properties due to the addition of
TiO2@rGO as reinforcement phase and good biocompatibility for cell activity and proliferation.
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