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Journal of Nanotechnology
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 329082, 5 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/329082
Research Article

Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue by Fe/ZnO/SiO2 Nanoparticles under Visiblelight

R. M. Mohamed,1,2 I. A. Mkhalid,1 E. S. Baeissa,1 and M. A. Al-Rayyani1

1Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80203, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
2Advanced Materials Department, Central Metallurgical R&D Institute (CMRDI), P.O. Box 87 Helwan, 11421 Cairo, Egypt

Received 12 March 2012; Accepted 4 April 2012

Academic Editor: Farid Harraz

Copyright © 2012 R. M. Mohamed et al. 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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