Acceleration of poly(L-Lactide) degradation by TiO2 nanoparticles in sunlight

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 6983-6987

  Lee, Jinyoung ^a   Lee, Ju Kyoung ^b   Park, Bae Ho ^b   Busnaina, Ahmed ^a   Lee, Hea Yeon ^a,b  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

^b Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Irradiation.; Microorganism; Nanoparticle; Photocatalyst; Poly(L Lactide); Titanium Dioxide

Indexed keywords

EXPOSED TO; NATURAL WORLD; POLY (L-LACTIDE); POLY (L-LACTIDE) (PLA); SURFACE CHANGES; TIO; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; IRRADIATION; MICROORGANISMS; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCATALYSTS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84889020867     PISSN: 15334880     EISSN: 15334899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2013.7747     Document Type: Article

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