Effect of Nano Titanium Oxide with Different Surface Treatments on Color Stability of Red-Tinted Silicone Rubber

Abstract

To improve the color stability of facial prosthesis silicone rubber, this paper studied the effect of nano titanium oxide with different surface treatments on the color stability of red pigment-colored silicone rubber. Under the simulated sunlight aging condition, this paper takes MDX4-4210 silicone rubber as the matrix, silicon aluminum-coated nano TiO2 as the shading agent, and cadmium red oil paint as the colorant, and it observes the values of silicon aluminum-coated nano-TiO2 silicone rubber film with 1 mm thickness and different concentrations (0, 0.05%, 0.10%, and 0.15%) before and after aging. The experimental results showed that in the four concentrations of silicon aluminum-coated nano-TiO2 film, the $\mathrm{\Delta }E,\mathrm{\Delta }{L}^{\ast },\hspace{0.17em}\mathrm{\Delta }{a}^{\ast },\hspace{0.17em}\mathrm{\Delta }{b}^{\ast }$ values gradually decreased with the increase of the concentration of silicon aluminum-coated nano-TiO2. The lowest was in the 0.10% group; however, it increased in the 0.15% group. There was a significant difference among the concentration groups $\left(P<0.05\right)$ . The method of covering nano-TiO2 silicone rubber film with different concentrations of silicon aluminum has a certain effect on delaying the discoloration of prosthetic silicone rubber, and it provides a new idea for improving the color stability of the prosthetic silicone rubber.