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The Study of TiO2 Thin Films Photocatalytic Degradation of Yeast and Dye Pollutants

CHOMOUCKÁ, J.; DRBOHLAVOVÁ, J.; DZIK, P.; VESELÁ, M.; VESELÝ, M.

Original Title

The Study of TiO2 Thin Films Photocatalytic Degradation of Yeast and Dye Pollutants

English Title

The Study of TiO2 Thin Films Photocatalytic Degradation of Yeast and Dye Pollutants

Type

Peer-reviewed article not indexed in WoS or Scopus

Original Abstract

The antimicrobial properties of TiO2 thin films were tested on photocatalytic killing of yeasts Candida tropicalis and Candida albicans. Generally, Candida is the most common cause of opportunistic mycoses (Candidiasis) worldwide. The antimicrobial effect of photocatalysis with TiO2 could be due to the presence of reactive oxygen species (ROS), such as superoxide (O2o-), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), and hydroxyl radical (HOo), generated either by illuminated TiO2 or by the illumination (mainly UV) of the cells. TiO2 layers were immobilised by dip-coating method on soda-lime glass plates using sol-gel method with titanium tetraisopropoxide precursor in ethanol. The dependence of Candida tropicalis and Candida albicans survival ratio on irradiation time was determined by epifluorescent microscopy using Acridine Orange dye. The influence of TiO2 layer number on the photocatalytic oxidation 2,6-dichloindophenol was also studied in a desk reactor. The concentration decrease of 2,6-DCIP was evaluated spectrofotometrically.

English abstract

The antimicrobial properties of TiO2 thin films were tested on photocatalytic killing of yeasts Candida tropicalis and Candida albicans. Generally, Candida is the most common cause of opportunistic mycoses (Candidiasis) worldwide. The antimicrobial effect of photocatalysis with TiO2 could be due to the presence of reactive oxygen species (ROS), such as superoxide (O2o-), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), and hydroxyl radical (HOo), generated either by illuminated TiO2 or by the illumination (mainly UV) of the cells. TiO2 layers were immobilised by dip-coating method on soda-lime glass plates using sol-gel method with titanium tetraisopropoxide precursor in ethanol. The dependence of Candida tropicalis and Candida albicans survival ratio on irradiation time was determined by epifluorescent microscopy using Acridine Orange dye. The influence of TiO2 layer number on the photocatalytic oxidation 2,6-dichloindophenol was also studied in a desk reactor. The concentration decrease of 2,6-DCIP was evaluated spectrofotometrically.

Keywords

titanium dioxide, photocatalytic killing

Key words in English

titanium dioxide, photocatalytic killing

Authors

CHOMOUCKÁ, J.; DRBOHLAVOVÁ, J.; DZIK, P.; VESELÁ, M.; VESELÝ, M.

RIV year

2010

Released

09.09.2008

Publisher

ČSCH

Location

Praha

ISBN

1213-7103

Periodical

CHEMICKE LISTY

Volume

102

Number

15

State

Czech Republic

Pages from

s1037

Pages to

s1038

Pages count

2

URL

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