Rational design of Ag/TiO2 nanosystems by a combined RF-sputtering/sol-gel approach

ChemPhysChem

Volumn 10, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 3249-3259

  Armelao, Lidia ^a   Barreca, Davide ^a   Bottaro, Gregorio ^b   Gasparotto, Alberto ^a   MacCato, Chiara ^a   Tondello, Eugenio ^a   Lebedev, Oleg I ^c   Turner, Stuart ^c   Van Tendeloo, Gustaaf ^c   Sada, Cinzia ^a   Štangar, Urška Lavrenčič ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOVA GORICA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Nanocomposites; Photocatalysis; Radiofrequency sputtering; Sol gel processes

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; AZO DYES; ELECTRONS; ENAMELS; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOCOMPOSITES; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SPUTTERING; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; XEROGELS;

COMPLEMENTARY TECHNIQUES; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; GLANCING INCIDENCE X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS; HIGH-ANGLE ANNULAR DARK FIELDS; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; RADIO FREQUENCY SPUTTERING; SYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS;

NANOSYSTEMS;

EID: 77955308445     PISSN: 14394235     EISSN: 14397641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200900571     Document Type: Article

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