Environmental assessment of a bottom-up hydrolytic synthesis of TiO2 nanoparticles

Green Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 518-531

  Pini, Martina ^a   Rosa, Roberto ^a   Neri, Paolo ^a   Bondioli, Federica ^b   Ferrari, Anna Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

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EID: 84969794083     PISSN: 14639262     EISSN: 14639270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4gc00919c     Document Type: Article

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