Catalysis Communications

Surface modification of TiO 2 for selective photodegradation of toxic compounds

Y Tominaga, T Kubo, K Hosoya

Index: Tominaga, Yuichi; Kubo, Takuya; Hosoya, Ken Catalysis Communications, 2011 , vol. 12, # 9 p. 785 - 789

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Abstract

We have developed hybrid photocatalysts by introducing molecular recognition sites to the surface of titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles. The synthesized hybrid photocatalysts indicated the selective recognition ability for target molecules based on specific molecular recognition sites constructed by the interval immobilization technique, and also the photostability of the recognition sites was confirmed by long time UV irradiation in an ...