The influence of clay brick substratum on the inhibitory efficiency of TiO2 nanocoating against biofouling

Building and Environment

Volumn 82, Issue , 2014, Pages 128-134

  Graziani, Lorenzo ^a   Quagliarini, Enrico ^a   Osimani, Andrea ^a   Aquilanti, Lucia ^a   Clementi, Francesca ^a   D'Orazio, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Algae; Cyanobacteria; Durability; Fa ade biodeterioration; Porosity; Roughness

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFOULING; DURABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; POROSITY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

BIODETERIORATION; COLOUR MEASUREMENT; CYANOBACTERIA; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOTROPHIC MICROORGANISMS; SAMPLE SURFACE; TOTAL POROSITY; UNTREATED CONTROL; CLAY BRICKS; NANO-COATINGS;

BRICK; ALGAE;

BIOFOULING; CLAY; COATING; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; INHIBITION; MASONRY; PARAMETERIZATION; PHOTOLYSIS; POROSITY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; ALGA; BIODEGRADATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DURABILITY; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84906822832     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.08.013     Document Type: Article

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