Photodegradation of organic pollutants RhB dye using UV simulated sunlight on ceria based TiO2 nanomaterials for antibacterial applications

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Kasinathan, Kaviyarasu ^a,b   Kennedy, John ^a,c   Elayaperumal, Manikandan ^a,d   Henini, Mohamed ^a,e   Malik, Maaza ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (South Africa)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^d THIRUVALLUVAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CERIC OXIDE; CERIUM; NANOPARTICLE; RHODAMINE; RHODAMINE B; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; RHODAMINES; TITANIUM; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84999862754     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep38064     Document Type: Article

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