Biofouling resistance of titanium dioxide and zinc oxide nanoparticulate silane/siloxane exterior facade treatments

Building and Environment

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 47-55

  Zhang, Zhongyi ^a   MacMullen, James ^a   Dhakal, Hom Nath ^a   Radulovic, Jovana ^a   Herodotou, Constandinos ^a   Totomis, Miltiadis ^a   Bennett, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algae; Biofouling; Emulsion; Facade; Mortar; Nanoparticulates

Indexed keywords

BIOFOULING-RESISTANCE; BIORECEPTIVITY; COLONISATION; NANO-OXIDES; NANOPARTICULATES; SORPTIVITY; TREATMENT DEPTH; WATER REPELLENCE;

ALGAE; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; FACADES; MORTAR; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

BIOFOULING;

ALGA; BIOFOULING; EMULSION; MORTAR; TITANIUM; ZINC; CATALYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; OXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POROSITY; SORPTION; SUBSTRATE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ALGAE;

EID: 84870414086     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.08.006     Document Type: Article

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