Unusual enrichment and assembly of TiO2 nanocrystals at water/hydrophobic interfaces in a pure inorganic phase

Langmuir

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 617-623

  Xiang, Guolei ^a,b   Long, Yong ^a   He, Jie ^a   Xu, Biao ^a   Liu, Haitao ^b   Wang, Xun ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS PHASE; CRITICAL VALUE; INORGANIC REACTIONS; ORGANIC PHASIS; SPONTANEOUS PROCESS; TIO; WATER/AIR INTERFACE;

NANOCRYSTALS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84892726087     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la403736k     Document Type: Article

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