Production and evaluation of floating photocatalytic composite particles formed using pickering emulsions and membrane emulsification

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 38, 2012, Pages 12509-12516

  Holdich, Richard G ^a   Ipek, Idil Yilmaz ^b   Lazrigh, Manal ^a   Shama, Gilbert ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SUSPENSIONS; COCOA BUTTER; COMPOSITE PARTICLES; DYE DECOLORIZATION; LIPID PARTICLES; MEDIAN DIAMETERS; MEMBRANE EMULSIFICATION; PARTICLE SURFACE; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROCESS; PICKERING EMULSIONS; SILVER PARTICLES; SUNFLOWER OIL; SURFACE COVERAGES; TIO;

BEVERAGES; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; HEXANE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; REACTION RATES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; VEGETABLE OILS;

SILVER;

EID: 84867496529     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie3001748     Document Type: Article

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