Performance of photocatalytic oxidation of tetracycline in aqueous solution by TiO2 nanofibers

Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Javid, Allahbakhsh ^a   Nasseri, Simin ^a   Mesdaghinia, Alireza ^a   Mahvi, Amir Hossein ^a   Alimohammadi, Mahmood ^a   Aghdam, Rouhollah Mehdinavaz ^b   Rastkari, Noshin ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Engineering Research Institute   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Photocatalytic; Response surface methodology; Tetracycline; TiO2 nanofibers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84966454947     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2052336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2052-336X-11-24     Document Type: Article

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