Research Article

1D TiO2 Nanostructures Prepared from Seeds Presenting Tailored TiO2 Crystalline Phases and Their Photocatalytic Activity for Escherichia coli in Water

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XRD patterns from sol-gel TiO2 nanoparticles with a range of crystalline phases obtained with (a) HNO3 and (b) HCl at pH = 0.5, 0.8, and 1.0. (A = anatase; R = rutile; B = brookite).
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