Ormosil Films with Titanium Oxide Nanoparticles and Phosphotungstic Acid and its Photostability

• Grant number: 11/06715-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: July 01, 2011
• End date: June 30, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Inorganic Chemistry
• Principal Investigator: Ubirajara Pereira Rodrigues Filho
• Grantee: Beatriz Flores Coutinho Porfirio
• Host Institution: Instituto de Química de São Carlos (IQSC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This proposal aims develop class II hybrid composite materials doped with shell-core TiO2@SiO2 nanoparticles. Their photostability is going to be essayed toward UV radiation aiming their application on medical masks and smart and sel-cleaning windows.