Highly controlled coating of a biomimetic polymer in TiO2 nanotubes

Gabriel Loget; Jeung Eun Yoo; Anca Mazare; Lei Wang; Patrik Schmuki

doi:10.1016/j.elecom.2015.01.011

Highly controlled coating of a biomimetic polymer in TiO2 nanotubes

Materials Science 2016-10-14 v1

Authors: Gabriel Loget , Jeung Eun Yoo , Anca Mazare , Lei Wang , Patrik Schmuki

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Abstract

Highly controlled coating of biomimetic polydopamine (PDA) was achieved on titanium dioxide nanotubes (TiO2 NTs) by exposing TiO2 NT arrays to a slightly alkaline dopamine solution. The thin films act as photonic sensitizers (enhancing photocurrents and photodegradation) in the visible light range. The PDA coatings can furthermore be used as a platform for decorating the TiO2 NTs with different co-catalysts and metal nanoparticles (NPs).

Keywords

TiO2 nanotubes biomimetic polydopamine controlled coating photonic sensitizer visible light metal nanoparticles

Cite

@article{arxiv.1610.04184,
  title  = {Highly controlled coating of a biomimetic polymer in TiO2 nanotubes},
  author = {Gabriel Loget and Jeung Eun Yoo and Anca Mazare and Lei Wang and Patrik Schmuki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.04184},
  year   = {2016}
}

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