Enhanced Viability of Iron-Doped Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles with Antibacterial Efficacy
摘要
Titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2NPs) exhibit optical, electrical, and magnetic properties and are potential candidates for biomedical uses. The cytotoxicity comparison among undoped as well as iron-doped TiO2NPs is supported by the current study. The antibacterial test was also conducted for five different bacteria. Pure and iron-doped TiO2NPs were synthesized using titanium isopropoxide and iron nitrate nonahydrate as precursors using the co-precipitation method. The synthesized TiO2NPs were characterized by XRD (X-ray diffraction), UV-Vis (UV-visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy), EDAX (energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy) analysis, and FTIR (Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy) analysis. XRD examination revealed a shift in peak when TiO2 is doped with iron. EDAX analysis verified that (Fe3+) iron particles were present in the TiO2 crystal structure. Band gap energy was calculated from UV-Vis, and it was confirmed that with an increase in doping concentration, band gap energy seems to decrease. FTIR analysis established the presence of different functional groups within TiO2NPs. The in-vitro cytotoxic effect was determined using the MTT assay method. The study showed that the iron-doped TiO2NPs are comparatively less cytotoxic than pure TiO2NPs.