to resolve handling problem of nanoparticles, due to their small size, a new methodology of electro-spraying and freeze-drying was developed for colloidal nanoparticles of silica and titania to transform them to solid macro-scale nanoparticle assemblies.  the assemblies were then redispersed in an aqueous system to investigate the effect of formulation of original solutions and the process para...

Silica-titania monoliths with micrometer-scale macroporous and nanometer-scale mesoporous structure and high titania contents are prepared by sol-gel process and phase separation. Titanium alkoxide precursor was not effective in the preparation of high titania content composites because of strong decrease in phase separation tendency. Bimodal porous gels with high titania content were obtained ...

The structures of phosphated titania and sulphated titania are studied with a combined approach using DFT/B3LYP/Lanl2DZ and experimental studies such as XRD, XPS, and DRIFT spectra. The infrared absorptions, Mulliken charges, bond lengths, and dipole moments are investigated for the phosphated and sulphated titania structures optimized by DFT calculations. The XRD patterns obtained for both the...

Nitration of toluene has been studied in the liquid phase over a series of modified zirconia catalysts. Zirconia, zirconiaceria (Zr0.98Ce0.02)O2, sulfated zirconia and sulfated zirconiaceria were synthesised by co precipitation method and were characterised by X-ray diffraction, BET surface area, Infra red spectroscopy analysis (FTIR), Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), Scanning Electron Microsc...

The functionalization of graphene has been reported widely, showing special physical and chemical properties. However, due to the lack surface functional groups, poor dispersibility in solvents strongly limits its engineering applications. This paper develops a novel green “in-situ titania intercalation” method prepare highly dispersed graphene, which is enabled by generation precursor between ...

The adsorption properties of new ceramics titania (titanium dioxide, Ti02) as a column packing material for high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) were investigated in our recent studies. The adsorption mechanism of titania was found to be different from that of silica gel; the titania adsorbs acidic compounds rather than basic compounds, while silica gel adsorbs basic compounds. In addi...

Nano-sized Mo-doped titania (Mo0.1Ti0.9O2) and Nb-doped titania (Nb0.25Ti0.75O2) were directly synthesized via a continuous hydrothermal flow synthesis process. Materials characterization was conducted using physical techniques such as transmission electron microscopy, powder x-ray diffraction, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller specific surface area measurements and energ...

This paper presents the synthesis and thermal and mechanical properties of epoxy-titania composites. First, submicron titania particles are prepared via surfactant-free sol-gel method using TiCl₄ as precursor. These particles are subsequently used as inorganic fillers (or reinforcement) for thermally cured epoxy polymers. Epoxy-titania composites are prepared via mechanical mixing of titania pa...