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The Effect of Interfacial Chemical Bonding in TiO2-SiO2 Composites on Their Photocatalytic NOx Abatement Performance
Published on: July 4, 2017
Formation of layered titania and zirconia catalysed by surface-bound silicatein
Muhammad Nawaz Tahir1, Patrick Théato, Werner E G Müller
1Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Analytische Chemie, Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Duesbergweg 10-14, D-55128, Mainz, Germany.
Abstract:
Silicatein immobilised on self-assembled polymer layers using a histidine-tag chelating anchor group retains its hydrolytical activity for the formation of biosilica, and catalyses the formation of layered arrangements of biotitania and biozirconia.

