Titanium dioxide (TiO 2) nanoparticles have a high refractive index (n = 2.4), making them ideal for various applications, including medicines, coatings, inks, plastics, food, cosmetics, and textiles.

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 ...

Photocatalytic water splitting is a clean energy technology that uses sunlight to split water into oxygen and hydrogen in order to produce green hydrogen—a clean fuel—without relying on fossil fuels.

Used mainly as a whitening agent, titanium dioxide is a common additive in foods, paints, and personal care products. But scientists know little about how much TiO 2 appears in these products, and ...

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 ...

Textile manufacturers add titanium dioxide to some clothing to brighten it and to prevent the color-fading effects of ultraviolet light. But environmental scientists worry about how much of the ...

Titanium dioxide (TiO 2) is a popular whitening additive, used in countless white colored commercial products such as paper, plastics, toothpaste, fabrics, and paint. When it is prepared as a powder ...

Current Intelligence Bulletin 63 is the first time the agency has issued separate guidelines for the same chemical based on particle size. Apr 20, 2011 NIOSH for the first time has released two ...