Effect of surface pretreatment of TiO2films on interfacial processes leading to bacterial inactivation in the dark and under light irradiation

Interface Focus

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-12

  Rtimi, Sami ^a   Nesic, Jelena ^a,b   Pulgarin, Cesar ^a   Sanjines, Rosendo ^a   Bensimon, Michael ^a   Kiwi, John ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Bacterial inactivation; Dark disinfection; Thin film; TiO2 interface; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919388701     PISSN: 20428898     EISSN: 20428901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2014.0046     Document Type: Article

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