Nanoporous TiO2 nanoparticle assemblies with mesoscale morphologies: nano-cabbage versus sea-anemone

Masih Darbandi; Tesfaye Gebre; Lucas Mitchell; William Erwin; Rizia Bardhan; M. Douglas Levan; Mogus D. Mochena; James H. Dickerson

doi:10.1039/C3NR06154J

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Nanoporous TiO₂ nanoparticle assemblies with mesoscale morphologies: nano-cabbage versus sea-anemone†

Masih Darbandi,*^a Tesfaye Gebre,^b Lucas Mitchell,^c William Erwin,^c Rizia Bardhan,^c M. Douglas Levan,^c Mogus D. Mochena^b and James H. Dickerson*^a

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^a Department of Physics, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
E-mail: Masih_Darbandi@Brown.edu, James_Dickerson@Brown.edu

^b Department of Physics, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL, USA

^c Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

Abstract

We report the novel synthesis of nanoporous TiO₂ nanoparticle ensembles with unique mesoscale morphologies. Constituent nanoparticles evolved into multifaceted assemblies, exhibiting excellent crystallinity and enhanced photocatalytic activity compared with commercial TiO₂. Such materials could be exploited for applications, like organic pollutant degradation.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C3NR06154J
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 19 Nov 2013
Accepted: 09 Apr 2014
First published: 10 Apr 2014
This article is Open Access

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Nanoscale, 2014,6, 5652-5656

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Nanoporous TiO₂ nanoparticle assemblies with mesoscale morphologies: nano-cabbage versus sea-anemone

M. Darbandi, T. Gebre, L. Mitchell, W. Erwin, R. Bardhan, M. D. Levan, M. D. Mochena and J. H. Dickerson, Nanoscale, 2014, 6, 5652 DOI: 10.1039/C3NR06154J

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