The living organisms are created by the carbohydrate biopolymers such as chitosan,
carboxymethyl cellulose, alginate and lignin. These carbohydrate biopolymers have been …

A great deal of research has been carried out on lanthanide organic complex-based organic–
inorganic hybrid materials in the last decade. This critical review begins with a formulation of …

Optical nanomaterials (ONMs) have attracted significant attention of the global research
community owing to their several superior advantages. Some of the ONMs depict negligible …

Since its commercial production in the early twentieth century, titanium dioxide (TiO2) has
been widely used as a pigment1 and in sunscreens, 2, 3 paints, 4 ointments, toothpaste, 5 …

A series of N-doped anatase TiO2 samples have been prepared using a solvothermal
method in an organic amine/ethanol–water reaction system. The effects of different starting …

Nanosciences will be, as biology, one of the fields that will contribute to a high level of
scientific and technological development along the 21st century. Nanostructured inorganic …

Abstract Uniform, spherical-shaped TiO 2: Eu nanoparticles with different doping
concentrations have been synthesized through controlled hydrolysis of titanium …

A down-converting (DC) layer placed on the front side of a silicon solar cell has the potential
to generate more than one low-energy photon for every incident high-energy photon. Recent …

This review presents an extensive discussion on the major advances in the field of
periodically organized mesoporous thin films (POMTFs) obtained via surfactant templated …

Nonaqueous reactions between titanium (IV) chloride and alcohols (benzyl alcohol or n-
butanol) were used for the synthesis of anatase TiO2 particles, while rutile TiO2 particles …