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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
Photocatalytic metamaterials: TiO2 inverse opals
Fabrizio Sordello1, Clara Duca, Valter Maurino
1Dipartimento di Chimica Analitica, Università di Torino, Via P: Giuria, 5, 10125 Torino, Italy. fabrizio.sordello@unito.it
Abstract:
The study of the photocatalytic activity of TiO(2) inverse opals showed that these structures behave as metamaterials: their properties arise principally from the 3D periodic structure of the material and marginally from porosity, reflectivity and scattering.

