UV-resistant hydrophobic rutile titania aerogels synthesized through a nonalkoxide ambient pressure drying process

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 378-384

  Wei, Wei ^a   Xie, Jimin ^a   Wu, Yinyin ^a   Zhu, Jianjun ^a   Lü, Xiaomeng ^a   Yan, Zaoxue ^a  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ambient pressure drying; Non alkoxide process; Titania aerogels; UV resistant

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT PRESSURE DRYING; BRUNAUER EMMETT TELLERS; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; DIFFUSE REFLECTION SPECTRA; DYE DEGRADATION; ELECTRONIC MICROSCOPES; HIGH SURFACE AREA; NON-ALKOXIDE PROCESS; RUTILE TITANIA; TITANIA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; ULTRA-VIOLET; UV-RESISTANT;

AEROGELS; CONTACT ANGLE; DRYING; OXIDE MINERALS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

HYDROPHOBICITY;

EID: 84873281175     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2012.272     Document Type: Article

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