Titania single crystals with a curved surface

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Yang, Shuang ^a   Yang, Bing Xing ^b   Wu, Long ^a   Li, Yu Hang ^a   Liu, Porun ^c   Zhao, Huijun ^c   Yu, Yan Yan ^b   Gong, Xue Qing ^b   Yang, Hua Gui ^a,c  

^a East China University of Science and Technology   (China)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL CATALYSIS   (China)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ANATASE; CALCITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; MORPHOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84923339756     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6355     Document Type: Article

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