Biofouling resistance and practical constraints of titanium dioxide nanoparticulate silane/siloxane exterior facade treatments

Building and Environment

Volumn 68, Issue , 2013, Pages 150-158

  Radulovic, Jovana ^a   MacMullen, James ^a   Zhang, Zhongyi ^a   Dhakal, Hom Nath ^a   Hannant, Samuel ^a   Daniels, Lawrence ^a   Elford, Joseph ^a   Herodotou, Constandinos ^a   Totomis, Miltiadis ^a   Bennett, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algae; Biofouling; Emulsion; Mortar; Nanoparticulates; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

BIOFOULING-RESISTANCE; BIORECEPTIVITY; NANOPARTICULATES; SMALL CONCENTRATION; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC; TREATMENT DEPTH; VISUAL AESTHETICS; WATER REPELLENTS;

ALGAE; BIOFOULING; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MORTAR; OXIDES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ALGA; BIOFOULING; BIOREMEDIATION; EMULSION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MORTAR; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SUBSTRATE; TITANIUM;

EID: 84880680943     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.07.001     Document Type: Article

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