Radially oriented ZnO nanowires on flexible poly-L-lactide nanofibers for continuous-flow photocatalytic water purification

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3740-3744

  Sugunan, Abhilash ^a   Guduru, Veerendra K ^a   Uheida, Abdusalam ^a   Toprak, Muhammet S ^a   Muhammed, Mamoun ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS FLOWS; CONTINUOUS-FLOW; HIERARCHICAL NANOSTRUCTURES; HIGH SURFACE AREA; METHYLENE BLUE; MONOCROTOPHOS; ORGANIC MOLECULES; OXIDE CERAMICS; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC DECOMPOSITION; POLY-L-LACTIDE; POLYMERIC NANOFIBERS; PROOF OF PRINCIPLES; TIO; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATIONS; UV LIGHT; WATER PURIFICATION; ZNO; ZNO NANOWIRES;

NANOFIBERS; NANOWIRES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; ZINC OXIDE;

IRRADIATION;

EID: 78549235835     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2010.03986.x     Document Type: Article

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