General one-pot strategy to prepare Ag–TiO2 decorated reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites for chemical and biological disinfectant

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 671, Issue , 2016, Pages 51-59

  Pant, Bishweshwar ^a,b   Saud, Prem Singh ^a,c   Park, Mira ^a   Park, Soo Jin ^b   Kim, Hak Yong ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b Inha University   (South Korea)

^c TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Graphene oxide; Hydrothermal; Nanocomposite; Photocatalyst

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE OXIDE; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTOCATALYSTS; REDUCING AGENTS; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANTIBACTERIAL; ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES; CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICALS; HYDROTHERMAL; HYDROTHERMAL CONDITIONS; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84966276467     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.02.067     Document Type: Article

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