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    Comparative study of optically activated nanocomposites with photocatalytic TiO2 and ZnO nanoparticles for massive environmental decontamination
    (S P I E - International Society for Optical Engineering, 2007) Tek, S.; Mutlugun, E.; Soganci, I. M.; Perkgoz, N. K.; Yucel, D.; Celiker, G.; Demir, Hilmi Volkan
    Nanocomposites that incorporate TiO2 and ZnO nanoparticles separately in three-dimensional solgel matrices through full chemical integration are prepared to perform highly efficient photocatalytic activities for applications of environmental decontamination. Spectral responses of photocatalytic TiO2 and ZnO nanoparticles exposed to UV activation for self-cleaning process were obtained as also their optical relative spectral efficiency curves from 270 to 370 nm in the UV regime. Our investigations of the optimal conditions to increase their spectral photocatalytic efficiencies resulted in remarkably high levels of optical recovery and efficiency.
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    High optical efficiency of ZnO nanoparticles
    (IEEE, 2007) Tek, Sümeyra; Demir, Hilmi Volkan; Yucel, D.; Celiker G.
    We develop optically efficient photocatalytic ZnO nanoparticles that we chemically embed and well disperse into host PVAc thin films and experimentally demonstrate the highest optical efficiency of ∼70% in ZnO nanoparticle films, with increasing optical spectral efficiency as the excitation wavelength is swept from 370 nm to 290 nm. ©2007 Optical Society of America.