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Titanium dioxide, first manufactured a century ago, is significant in industry due to its chemical inertness, low cost, and availability. The white mineral has a wide range of applications in photocatalysis, in the pharmaceutical industry, and in foo...

Modification of titanium dioxide using ethylenediamine (EDA), diethylamine (DEA), and triethylamine (TEA) has been studied. As the reference material, titanium dioxide prepared by the sol–gel method using titanium(IV) isopropoxide as a precurso...

Metallic and metal oxide nanoparticles (NPs), including titanium dioxide NPs, among polymeric NPs, liposomes, micelles, quantum dots, dendrimers, or fullerenes, are becoming more and more important due to their potential use in novel medical therapie...

This study focuses on the comprehensive recycling and utilization of zinc ferrite, a by-product of wet zinc refining, for the treatment of azo dye wastewater. It explores the adsorption performance of various materials on Amido Black 10B and analyzes...

The dehydration of titanium dioxide, which is the carrier for denitration catalysts, is a crucial control step in the preparation of functional materials and has an impact on the performance of the product. In this study, the kinetics of the dehydrat...

Nanotechnology has garnered significant interest worldwide due to its wide-ranging applications across various industries. Titanium dioxide nanoparticles are one type of nanoparticle that is commonly utilised in everyday use and can be synthesized by...

We report on the experimental generation of an octave-spanning supercontinuum in a 2.2 cm-long titanium dioxide optical waveguide with two zero dispersion wavelengths. The resulting on-chip supercontinuum reaches the visible wavelength range as well...

Electrorheological (ER) polishing is a novel polishing technology having flexible and tunable characteristics. At present, ER polishing uses ER particles to drive abrasive particles to polish the material surface. Under the action of high-speed centr...

In this research, pure anatase phase titanium dioxide thin films were successfully fabricated for the first time using the mist chemical vapor deposition method, and optional values for deposition temperature and concentration of titanium tetraisopro...

The interfacial polycondensation of titanium dioxide was studied at the bare and fiberglass membrane supported polarized liquid–liquid interface (LLI). Titanium dioxide synthesis was derived from the titanium (IV) tetrabutoxide (initially dissolved i...

A humidity microsensor integrated with a readout circuit on-a-chip fabricated using the commercial 0.18 μm CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) process was presented. The integrated sensor chip consists of a humidity sensor and a readout ci...

Titanium dioxide photoanodes were synthesized using the anodization method at low potentials in a 0.3 M sodium chloride electrolyte at room temperature. The morphology of the materials was analyzed with optical microscopy, scanning electron microscop...

The measurement of temperature is of fundamental importance in a huge scale of applications, from nanomedicine, where the early detection of tumorous cells is an essential requirement, to microelectronics and microcircuits. Optical sensors with a mic...

While titanium (Ti) implants have been extensively used in orthopaedic and dental applications, the intrinsic bioinertness of untreated Ti surface usually results in insufficient osseointegration irrespective of the excellent biocompatibility and mec...

In this paper, we show that functionalization of fibrous materials through coating formation is hindered by the need to preserve the capillary-porous system of the fabric and its drapability. Additionally, such coatings must be resistant to abrasion...

This article presents studies on the ammonium fluoride processing of dusts from the reduction smelting of ilmenite concentrate with separation of silicon to obtain titanium dioxide. Optimal conditions for pyrohydrolysis of titanium fluorides were det...

The discovery of alternative fuels that can replace conventional fuels has become the goal of many scientific researches. Biodiesel is produced from vegetable oils through a transesterification reaction that converts triglycerides into fatty acid met...

Titanium dioxide (TiO₂) is a prevalent food additive, yet comprehensive data on particle size and dietary exposure are lacking in China. Transmission electron microscopy results revealed that the quantitative proportion of nanoparticles (NPs) in food...

It is empirically known that titanium dioxide nanoparticles stabilize the contact and frictional charge of the host polymers to which they are added. However, the mechanism for the stabilization process has not yet been elucidated. In this study, pol...

Titanium dioxide (TiO₂) is one of the most extensively utilized food additives (E171) in the food industry. Along with nanotechnology development, the concern about the presence of nanostructured particles in E171 TiO₂ and commercial food products is...

This paper presents the results of research on the development of a technology intended to process electric smelting dusts of ilmenite concentrate with the extraction of silicon and titanium and the production of products in the form of their dioxide...

Due to its ability to degrade nitrogen oxides under ultraviolet, titanium dioxide has been applied in asphalt concrete to degrade automobile exhaust in recent years. To highlight the protection of road traffic environmental quality and mitigate autom...

Titanium dioxide is used as a white pigment in cosmetics and other products, but it possesses photocatalytic activity and has become problematic for decomposing sebum when exposed to sunlight. Consequently, titanium phosphate has been investigated as...

Nanotechnologies provide new materials for the consolidation and protection of the Cultural Heritage: innovative solutions are represented by ethyl silicate or silica nanoparticles dispersed in aqueous colloidal suspensions mixed to titanium dioxide...

Breakthroughs in the field of nanotechnology, especially in nanochemistry and nanofabrication technologies, have been attracting much attention, and various nanomaterials have recently been developed for biomedical applications. Among these nanomater...

Titanium compounds are an integral component for paint pigments, food additives (E171), catalysts, precursors for resistant structural materials, medicine, and water, and air purification and disinfection processes. A new and rather promising trend f...

Well-arrayed zinc oxide nanorods applied as photoelectrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells were synthesized on an aluminum-doped zinc oxide substrate by the multi-annealing method. In order to improve the chemical stability and surface-to-volume rati...

Background: Titanium (Ti) is one of the most popular implant materials, and its surface titanium dioxide (TiO₂) provides good biocompatibility. The coagulation of blood on Ti implants plays a key role in wound healing and cell growth at the implant s...

Iron-doped titanium dioxide nanoparticles are widely employed for photocatalytic applications under visible light due to their promising performance. Nevertheless, the manufacturing process, the role of Fe³⁺ ions within the crystal lattice of titaniu...

Titanium dioxide (TiO₂) is widely used in various fields both in daily life and industry owing to its excellent photoelectric properties and its induced superwettability. Over the past several decades, various methods have been reported to improve th...

Electrons, photogenerated in conduction bands (CB) and trapped in electron trap defects (Ti_ds) in titanium dioxide (TiO₂), play crucial roles in characteristic reductive reactions. This review summarizes the recent progress in the research on electro...

Titanium dioxide (TiO₂) has been widely applied as a photocatalyst for wastewater treatment due to its high photocatalytic activity and it can remove various harmful organic pollutants effectively. Under heated system, however, TiO₂ is prone to agglo...

Due to health concerns, the European Union has banned the use of titanium dioxide nanoparticles in consumables in February 2022, with a 6-month transitional period ending in August 2022. We studied the prevalence of titanium dioxide nanoparticles in...

Nitrogen oxides are emitted in large quantities by vehicles, and solutions to the problem are sought after. Efforts towards abatement include Selective Catalytic Reduction, catalytic converters, and redesigning engines to make them more efficient. Th...

The search for new antimicrobial substances has increased in recent years. Antimicrobial nanostructures are one of the most promising alternatives. In this work, titanium dioxide nanotubes were obtained by an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process ove...

Emerging pollutants such as microplastics in water environments readily accumulate microorganisms on their surfaces, forming biofilms and concentrating antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). Consequently, micropla...

Photocatalytic water treatment using nanocrystalline titanium dioxide (NTO) is a well-known advanced oxidation process (AOP) for environmental remediation. With the in situ generation of electron-hole pairs upon irradiation with light, NTO can minera...

Under conditions of depletion of natural resources and increasing volumes of techno-genic waste from metallurgical and alumina production, the development of technologies for the integrated processing of sludges with the extraction of valuable compon...

We report on the synthesis of titanium dioxide by titanium carbide for the preparation of hybrid material reinforced with polyaniline (PANI@TiO₂–TiC) using the in situ polymerization technique. The effectiveness of the samples on the thermal, o...

Titanium dioxide is a compound that is used in the food, cosmetic, and paint industries; however, it is still toxic to humans and the environment. This study determined the toxicities of titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO₂ NPs) in a Caenorhabditis e...

Titanium dioxide and zinc oxide are two of the most widely used nanomaterials. We assessed the effects of noncytotoxic doses of both nanomaterials on T98G human glioblastoma cells by omic approaches. Surprisingly, no effects on the transcriptome of T...

In this study, the tribological behavior of both liquid (oil) and semi-liquid (grease) lubricants enhanced by multilayer graphene nano platelets and titanium dioxide nano powder was evaluated using ball-on-disk and shaft-on-plate tribo-meters. Oil sa...

This systematic review aimed to investigate the effect of titanium dioxide (TiO₂) incorporation on the mechanical, physicochemical, and biological properties of conventional glass ionomer cements (GICs). A systematic search was conducted in June 2026...

In this paper, a titanium dioxide particle coated carbon fiber was prepared by reaction spinning. Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) was used as the precursor to generate a continuous carbon nanofiber. A solution containing 10% wt PAN polymer dissolved in dimet...

For the last two decades, titanium dioxide (TiO₂) has received wide attention in several areas such as in medicine, sensor technology and solar cell industries. TiO₂-based gas sensors have attracted significant attention in past decades due to their...

Photocatalysis driven under visible light allows us to carry out hydrocarbon oxofunctionalization under ambient conditions, using molecular oxygen as a sacrificial reagent, with the absence of hazardous subproducts and the potential use of the Sun as...

Background: Recent developments in nanotechnology have provided efficient and promising methods for the treatment of diseases to achieve better therapeutic results and lower side effects. Titanium dioxide (TiO₂) nanomaterials are emerging inorganic n...

In view of the current situation where the acid resources and valuable components in titanium dioxide waste acid cannot be effectively extracted and are prone to secondary pollution, the research team proposed a new technology of step extraction and...

This study focused on synthesizing polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) utilizing glutaraldehyde (GA) as a crosslinking agent and silicon dioxide (SiO₂) nanopowder with titanium dioxide (TiO₂) nanopowder to reduce or prevent the hydrophilic property of PVA. Integ...

Carbon spheres were applied as templates to synthesize titanium dioxide hollow spheres. The templates were purified with either ethanol or acetone, and the effects of this treatment on the properties of the resulting titania were investigated. The ph...