International Journal of Photoenergy
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 245981, 4 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/245981
Research Article

Synthesis of High-Thermal Stable Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles

Catalysis Research Center, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry, P.O. Box 14665-1998, Tehran 1485733111, Iran

Received 7 April 2008; Accepted 11 August 2008

Academic Editor: J. Yu

Copyright © 2008 M. Rashidzadeh. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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