Hemispherical and columnar TiO 2 arrays grown by reactive pulsed laser deposition for photocatalytic applications

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2833-2840

  Sauthier, G ^a   Figueras, A ^a   Gyorgy E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LASER   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAY ARCHITECTURE; CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; METHYLENE BLUE DYE; OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR; PERIODIC ARRAYS; PHOTOACTIVITY; PHOTOCATALYTIC APPLICATION; REACTIVE PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SELF ASSEMBLY PROCESS; SELF-ASSEMBLED; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; TIO;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; DEGRADATION; POLYSTYRENES; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

PULSED LASER DEPOSITION;

EID: 84865722105     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2012.05270.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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