<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Awate, S. V.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sahu, R. K.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kadgaonkar, Mahesh D.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kumar, R.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gupta, N. M.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Photocatalytic mineralization of benzene over gold containing titania nanotubes: role of adsorbed water and nanosize gold crystallites</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Catalysis Today</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Benzene degradation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gold containing</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Photocatalyst</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Role of adsorbed water</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">TiO(2) nanotubes</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Transient species</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2009</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MAR</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1-2</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Catalysis Soc India; Petrotech Soc; Indo US Sci &amp; Technol Forum</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">141</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">144-151</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Well aligned titania nanotubes, with surface area of similar to 150 m(2) g(-1) and average pore diameter of similar to 5 nm, have been synthesized by subjecting a mesoporous TiO(2) sample to alkaline treatment followed by calcination at different temperatures. Composite catalysts with gold particles dispersed in these nanotubes were also synthesized and their structural, morphological, optical and photocatalytic properties were examined. The catalytic activity of TiO(2) for UV-mediated photo-oxidation of benzene was found to be affected by several factors, such as the sample texture. presence of adsorbed water and gold crystallites. The overall conversion of benzene to form CO(2) followed a trend: Au/nanotube &amp;gt; TiO(2) nanotubes &amp;gt; mesoporous TiO(2). In situ IR spectroscopy revealed that the adsorption and reaction of benzene molecules gave rise to formation of certain phenolic species over TiO(2), while the temperature-programmed desorption (TPD) study showed that the Au/TiO(2) interfaces serve as distinct sites for the adsorption and activation of oxygen molecules. It is suggested that certain hydroxyl and oxygen ion radicals produced under UV-irradiation may promote the deep oxidation of surface phenolic species and phenoxyl (ArO center dot) type transient radicals. (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1-2</style></issue><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">18th National Symposium and Indo-US Seminar on Catalysis, Indian Inst Petroleum, Dehradun, INDIA, APR 16-18, 2007</style></notes><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Foreign</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2.993</style></custom4></record></records></xml>