Ceramic foams present special features that do not have the corresponding dense materials and hence they are widely used in a broad variety of applications. Titania has exceptional photoinduced properties with applications membranes, bioceramics photocatalysis photovoltaics. However, applications, anatase phase is more active, but sintering at high temperatue leads to transformation rutile. The...

Diatomite, a porous non-metal mineral, was used as support to prepare TiO2/diatomite composites by a modified sol-gel method. The as-prepared composites were calcined at temperatures ranging from 450 to 950 °C. The characterization tests included X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with an energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometer (EDS), high-resolution transmission el...

Catalytic ketonization of carboxylic acids is promising for the synthesis renewable products. Despite its potential, fatty acid and kinetics in liquid phase are less investigated. This work encompasses kinetic evaluation two TiO2 catalysts (anatase rutile) C-C coupling C12-C18 inert dodecane solvent. The rutile catalyst, with higher Lewis density, showed intrinsic activity more favorable activa...

A new model of Li intercalation into rutile and anatase structured titania has been developed from first principles calculations. The model includes both thermodynamic and kinetic effects and explains the observed differences in intercalation behavior and their temperature dependence. The important role of strong local deformations of the lattice and elastic screening of interlithium interactio...

Nanocrystalline titanium dioxide powder is characterized for phase analysis as well as particle size and its distribution by x-ray diffraction and small angle neutron scattering measurements. Analysis of the SANS data in the momentum transfer range q = 0.1 1.8 nm reveals an average particle size of 24.82 nm in good agreement with the particle size determined earlier by transmission electron mic...

Molecular beam epitaxy coupled with the use of activated oxygen is shown to be a powerful tool for the growth of well-defined, structurally excellent oxide semiconductor films. The basics of the methodology are discussed. Several case studies are presented to illustrate some of the physical phenomena that can be investigated; these include Cr- and Co-doped TiO(2) anatase, Ti-doped α-Fe(2)O(3) h...

FeMnTiOx mixed oxide is prepared by the CTAB-assisted co-precipitation method, and the transformation of anatase into rutile is inhibited by CTAB to some extent. The catalyst obtained in the present work shows nearly 100% NO conversion at 100-350 °C, more than 80% N2 selectivity at 75-200 °C, and excellent H2O durability for the selective catalytic reduction of NO by NH3 with a space velocity o...

The widespread production and use of nanoparticles calls for faster and more reliable methods to assess their safety. The main aim of this study was to investigate the genotoxicity of three reference TiO2 nanomaterials (NM) within the frame of the FP7-NANoREG project, with a particular focus on testing the applicability of mini-gel comet assay and micronucleus (MN) scoring by flow cytometry. BE...

The TiO 2 support phase composition (anatase/rutile ratio) directly impacts key factors such as the metal–support interaction and nanoparticle size driving Co catalyst performances in ?-valerolactone hydrogenation to 2-methyltetrahydrofuran.