International Journal of Optics
Volume 2010, Article ID 261420, 6 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/261420
Research Article
Visible Light Photocatalytic Properties of Ta and N Codoped SrTiO3 Nanoparticles
Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
Received 6 September 2010; Revised 2 December 2010; Accepted 2 December 2010
Academic Editor: Gong Ru Lin
Copyright © 2010 Uyi Sulaeman 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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