Single-Step Process for Titanium Surface Micro- and Nano-Structuring and In 
Situ Silver Nanoparticles Formation by Ultra-Short Laser Patterning

Aceti, Dante Maria; Filipov, Emil; Angelova, Liliya; Sotelo, Lamborghini; Fontanot, Tommaso; Yousefi, Peyman; Christiansen, Silke; Leuchs, Gerd; Stanimirov, Stanislav; Trifonov, Anton; Buchvarov, Ivan; Daskalova, Albena

doi:10.3390/ma15134670

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Single-Step Process for Titanium Surface Micro- and Nano-Structuring and In Situ Silver Nanoparticles Formation by Ultra-Short Laser Patterning

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Leuchs, Gerd
Leuchs Emeritus Group, Emeritus Groups, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Max Planck Society;
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, External Organizations;

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Aceti, D. M., Filipov, E., Angelova, L., Sotelo, L., Fontanot, T., Yousefi, P., et al. (2022). Single-Step Process for Titanium Surface Micro- and Nano-Structuring and In Situ Silver Nanoparticles Formation by Ultra-Short Laser Patterning. MATERIALS, 15(13): 4670. doi:10.3390/ma15134670.

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Ultra-short laser (USL)-induced surface structuring combined with nanoparticles synthesis by multiphoton photoreduction represents a novel single-step approach for commercially pure titanium (cp-Ti) surface enhancement. Such a combination leads to the formation of distinct topographical features covered by nanoparticles. The USL processing of cp-Ti in an aqueous solution of silver nitrate (AgNO3) induces the formation of micron-sized spikes surmounted by silver nanoparticles (AgNPs). The proposed approach combines the structuring and oxidation of the Ti surface and the synthesis of AgNPs in a one-step process, without the use of additional chemicals or a complex apparatus. Such a process is easy to implement, versatile and sustainable compared to alternative methodologies capable of obtaining comparable results. Antimicrobial surfaces on medical devices (e.g., surgical tools or implants), for which titanium is widely used, can be realized due to the simultaneous presence of AgNPs and micro/nano-structured surface topography. The processed surfaces were examined by means of a scanning electron microscope (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), atomic force microscopy (AFM) and Raman spectroscopy. The surface morphology and the oxidation, quality and quantity of AgNPs were analyzed in relation to process parameters (laser scanning speed and AgNO3 concentration), as well as the effect of AgNPs on the Raman signal of Titanium oxide.