Photocatalytic and antimicrobial activities of functionalized silicate sol-gel embedded ZnO-TiO2 nanocomposite materials

Materials Express

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 291-300

  Dhanalakshmi, Ramamoorthy ^a   Pandikumar, Alagarsamy ^a   Sujatha, Kabilan ^a   Gunasekaran, Paramaswamy ^a  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

4 Nitrophenol; Antimicrobial activity; Photocatalyst; Silicate sol gel; Sol gel film; ZnO TiO2

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887644248     PISSN: 21585849     EISSN: 21585857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/mex.2013.1133     Document Type: Article

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