Nanoparticles of titanium dioxide (TiO2) are commonly used in sunscreens as protection against ultraviolet radiation. Partly because the particles are so small, nanoscale TiO2 does not reflect visible ...

Measuring the band gap of materials is vital in the nanomaterial, semiconductor, and solar industries. This article illustrates how the band gap of a material can be established from its UV absorption ...

An international research team discovered that it is possible to use titanium dioxide nanoparticles with gold to accelerate the evaporation in desalination plants up to 2.5 times and track hazardous ...

Titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles added to foods can worsen intestinal inflammation in persons with inflammatory bowel disease such as ulcerative colitis. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) namely ...

A multi-institute team led by Professors Ling Qiu, Baofu Ding and Hui-Ming Cheng has unveiled a two-dimensional titanium-dioxide sunscreen platform that erases the century-old trade-off between safety ...

The basic principles of AAS can be expressed as follows. Firstly, all atoms or ions can absorb light at specific, unique wavelengths. When a sample containing copper (Cu) and nickel (Ni), for example, ...