Photoactivity of mechanochemically prepared nanoparticulate titanium dioxide investigated by EPR spectroscopy

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry

Volumn 206, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 177-187

  Brezová, Vlasta ^a   Vrecková, Zuzana ^a   Billik, Peter ^b   Čaplovičová, Mária ^b   Plesch, Gustav ^b  

^a SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Absorption and scattering; EPR spectroscopy; Mechanochemical synthesis; Spin trapping; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949096586     PISSN: 10106030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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