Mechanism of formation of faceted titania nanoparticles from anodized titania nanotubes

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 9574-9579

  Naduvath, Johns ^a   Bhargava, Parag ^a   Mallick, Sudhanshu ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; YARN;

ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; CORROSIVE CHEMICALS; FLUORINE CONCENTRATIONS; HIGH SURFACE ENERGY; MECHANISM OF FORMATION; TITANIA NANO-PARTICLES; TITANIA NANOTUBES; TITANIUM SUBSTRATES;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84928821053     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b00650     Document Type: Article

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