Towards a better understanding of the initial steps in the photocatalyzed mineralization of amino acids at the titania/water interface. An experimental and theoretical examination of L-alanine, L-serine and L-phenylalanine

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 123-129

  Horikoshi, Satoshi ^a   Serpone, Nick ^b   Zhao, Jincai ^c   Hidaka, Hisao ^a  

^a MEISEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Frontier electron density; Photodegradation; Photooxidation; Point charge; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000571118     PISSN: 10106030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-6030(98)00352-9     Document Type: Article

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