TiO2 nanoparticle assisted solid phase photocatalytic degradation of polythene film: A mechanistic investigation

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 422, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-9

  Thomas, Reny Thankam ^a   Nair, Vaishakh ^a,b   Sandhyarani, N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CALICUT   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Congo red; Photocatalytic degradation; Polyethylene degradation; Polythene titania composite film; Titania nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; DEGRADATION; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTODEGRADATION; POLYETHYLENES; SOL-GELS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMOPLASTICS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AFM NANOINDENTATION; AMBIENT AIR CONDITIONS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CONGO RED; CYCLOHEXANE SOLUTIONS; DEGRADATION RATE; IR SPECTRUM; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE(LDPE); PARTIAL OXIDATIONS; PE NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; POLYETHYLENE FILM; POLYETHYLENE MATRIX; POLYTHENE FILM; POSSIBLE MECHANISMS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEM ANALYSIS; SOLID-PHASE; SOLUTION-CASTING METHOD; TIO; TITANIA NANO-PARTICLES; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATIONS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CYCLOHEXANE; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMBIENT AIR; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOREMEDIATION; CATALYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILM; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOOXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOL GEL SYNTHESIS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SYNTHESIS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

EID: 84873574171     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2013.01.017     Document Type: Article

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