Search results for titania

Nanophysics Nov 25, 2022

A single-step water treatment for arsenic decontamination

A team of researchers from Imperial College London led by Prof. Dominik Weiss has been working with Diamond Light Source, the UK's national synchrotron on a new material (TiO2/Fe2O3 nanomaterial) combining photocatalytic ...

Nanomaterials Jul 5, 2022

New photocatalytic membrane that can be cleaned using light energy

An international collaboration lead by Kobe University researchers has successfully developed a nanosheet-laminated photocatalytic membrane that demonstrates both excellent water permeance and photocatalytic activity. The ...

Materials Science May 30, 2022

Writing with light on titania: Rewritable UV-sensitive surfaces made from doped TiO2 nanocrystals

Researchers have succeeded in producing a coating material that can be written on using UV light and the writing erased again using oxygen. Changes to rewritable paper could help reduce paper waste in a wide variety of applications. ...

Space Exploration May 23, 2022

Self-cleaning spacecraft surfaces to combat microbes

Astronauts live and work in orbit along with teeming populations of microorganisms, which could present a serious threat to health—and even the structural integrity of spacecraft. To help combat such invisible stowaways, ...

Nanomaterials Dec 22, 2021

Scalable two-step annealing method for preparing ultra-high-density single-atom catalyst libraries

National University of Singapore scientists have developed a general wet-chemistry approach for the scalable and automated synthesis of a library of ultra-high-density single-atom catalysts (UHD-SACs) for 15 common transition ...

Materials Science Nov 8, 2021

Proton transfer between titania surface and dye observed for photocatalysis evaluation

Photocatalysts are an essential component of hydrogen production through water-splitting. Scientists at Shinshu University and Georgia Institute of Technology worked on improving a titania surface study previously published ...

Nanomaterials Nov 5, 2021

Prediction of optical constants and bandgap energy of 3D nanonetwork silicon

In a new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances, Shreeniket Joshi and Amirkianoosh Kiani from Ontario Tech University, Ontario, Canada, discuss hybrid artificial neural networks and analytical model for prediction of optical ...

Nanophysics Sep 13, 2021

By confining the transport of electrons and ions, scientists show they can alter material properties

Like ripples in a pond, electrons travel like waves through materials, and when they collide and interact, they can give rise to new and interesting patterns.

Materials Science Sep 8, 2021

Whiter teeth, without the burn

Most people would like to flash a smile of pearly whites, but over time teeth can become stained by foods, beverages and some medications. Unfortunately, the high levels of hydrogen peroxide in dentists' bleaching treatments ...

Materials Science May 18, 2021

New strategy improves stability of platinum group metal catalysts

Recently, a group led by Prof. WANG Junhu from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) constructed a novel type of strong metal-support interaction (SMSI) through the melamine/urea ...

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