Ultrafast room-temperature crystallization of TiO2 nanotubes exploiting water-vapor treatment

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Lamberti, Andrea ^a   Chiodoni, Angelica ^b   Shahzad, Nadia ^a   Bianco, Stefano ^b   Quaglio, Marzia ^b   Pirri, Candido F ^a,b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

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EID: 84922669714     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07808     Document Type: Article

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