In the present research article, authors have experimentally evaluated shock wave resistant properties of technologically potential materials anatase and rutile phase TiO2 nanoparticles at dynamic loaded conditions. The behavior has been quantitatively drawn utilizing crystallographic stability test samples for which required information extracted from powder XRD patterns. Based on our observed...

Number of Papers published in peer-reviewed journals: Number of Papers published in non peer-reviewed journals: Hydrogen Photo-production from Ethanol and Water over Au/TiO2 Rutile Single Crystal Report Title This project in its final form has focused on hydrogen production from ethanol and water-ethanol mixtures over a range of different goldtitania photocatalysts. Gold supported on a commerci...

Electrodes in dye sensitised solar cells are typically nanocrystalline anatase TiO2 with a majority (1 0 1) surface exposed. Generally the sensitising dye employs a carboxylic anchoring moiety through which it adheres to the TiO₂ surface. Recent interest in exploiting the properties of differing TiO₂ electrode morphologies, such as rutile nanorods exposing the (1 1 0) surface and anatase electr...

We present hybrid DFT calculations for large TiO2 cluster models in the gas phase and in solution. Two clusters are investigated, one derived from the anatase bulk structure and the second from rutile. The surfaces are passivated with hydroxyl and water ligands, and continuum solvation is used to model bulk solvent in a subset of calculations. The geometrically optimized bonding patterns, struc...

Chromium-doped TiO2 pigments were synthesized via a solid-state reaction method and studied with X-ray diffraction, SEM, XPS, and UV-VIS-NIR reflectance spectroscopy. The incorporation of Cr3+ accelerates the transition from the anatase phase to the rutile phase and compresses the crystal lattice. Moreover, the particle morphology, energy gap, and reflectance spectrum of Cr-doped TiO2 pigments ...

Titanium dioxide-based nanofibers (TiO2 nanofiber) were prepared by an electrospinning technique. The electrospun composite fibers were synthesized at different concentrations of titanium isopropoxide (25.35, 50.69, 76.05 wt%) and calcinated at different temperatures (450 oC, 650 oC and 850 oC) for 2 h. The diameters of nanofibers decreased by increas...

It is well known that clinical bleaching can be achieved with a solution of 30% hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) or H2O2/titanium dioxide (TiO2) combination. This study examined the hypothesis that TiO2 coated with hydroxyapatite (HAp-TiO2) can generate reactive oxygen species (ROS). ROS are generated via photocatalysis using electron spin resonance (ESR). The bleaching properties of HAp-TiO2 in the pr...

Via the combination of an electrospinning method with a hydrothermal reaction, a large-scale cedar-like hierarchical nanostructured TiO(2) film with an anatase/rutile composite phase was fabricated.

The surface phase junction of nanocrystalline TiO2 plays an essential role in governing its photocatalytic activity. Thus, facile and simple methods for preparing phase-junction TiO2 photocatalysts are highly desired. In this work, we show that phase-junction TiO2 is directly synthesized from Ti foil by using a simple calcination method with hydrothermal solution as the precursor below the phas...