Physico-Chemical Approaches to Investigate Surface Hydroxyls as Determinants of Molecular Initiating Events in Oxide Particle Toxicity

C Pavan, R Santalucia, G Escolano-Casado… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The study of molecular recognition patterns is crucial for understanding the interactions
between inorganic (nano) particles and biomolecules. In this review we focus on hydroxyls …

Engineered MoxC/TiO2 interfaces for efficient noble metal-free photocatalytic hydrogen production

Y Wang, L Mino, F Pellegrino, N Homs… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Photoinduced hydrogen production is a promising green strategy to store the power from the
Sun as chemical energy. One major challenge is to obtain efficient photocatalytic systems …

Understanding the nature and location of hydroxyl groups on hydrated titania nanoparticles

L Mino, Á Morales-García, ST Bromley, F Illas - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
TiO2 nanoparticles (NPs) are intensively studied and widely used due to their huge potential
in numerous applications involving their interaction with ultraviolet light (eg, photocatalysis …

Unraveling the Molecular Structure of Zeolite–Octyl Methoxycinnamate Hybrid UV Filters: A Combined Spectroscopic and Computational Approach

M Fischer, R Fantini, R Arletti, J Brauer… - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In this contribution, we tried to shed light on the molecular structure of octyl
methoxycinnamate (octinoxate, OMC) adsorbed in NaX zeolite, which represents a …

A novel approach for the synthesis of vaterite and calcite from incense sticks ash waste and their potential for remediation of dyes from aqueous solution

VK Yadav, KK Yadav, A Gacem… - Sustainable Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
The dumping of incense sticks ash due to no known application of it makes it an emerging
solid waste. The presence of toxic heavy metals may categorize them as hazardous …

Pt–TiO 2 catalysts for glycerol photoreforming: comparison of anatase, brookite and rutile polymorphs

CM Pecoraro, L Mino, E Kozyr, L Palmisano… - Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
We compared the H2 production from glycerol photoreforming for different TiO2 polymorphs,
highlighting an increase of activity in the order Pt-rutile< Pt-P25≈ Pt-anatase< Pt-brookite …

Role of the Hydroxyl Groups Coordinated toTiO2 Surface on the Photocatalytic Decomposition of Ethylene at Different Ambient Conditions

P Rychtowski, B Tryba, A Skrzypska, P Felczak… - Catalysts, 2022 - mdpi.com
The titania pulp—a semi product received from the industrial production of titania white—
was submitted for the thermal heating at 400–600° C under Ar and H2 to obtain TiO2 with …

Photocatalytic hydrogen evolution over cyanine-sensitized Ag/TiO 2

L Almazroai, RE El-Mekawy, R Musa, L Ali - RSC advances, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Sensitization of TiO2 by dyes such as cyanine and their derivatives is used as a technique to
improve potency for the production of hydrogen gas as an alternative green fuel. These dyes …

Ag-enriched TiO2 nanocoating apposite for self-sanitizing/self-sterilizing/self-disinfecting of glass surfaces

GR Khan, SI Malik - Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2022 - Elsevier
The excellent strategy to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic is to inhibit the
transmission of the SARS-CoV-2. Since fomites are one of the vital routes of coronaviral …

Elucidating NOx Surface Chemistry at the Anatase (101) Surface in TiO2 Nanoparticles

L Mino, M Cazzaniga, F Moriggi… - The Journal of Physical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Understanding NO x chemistry at titania nanoparticle surfaces is important for photocatalytic
environmental remediation processes. We focus on this problem and put forward an …