A study published in the Journal of Hospital Infection examined the efficacy of titanium dioxide coating in reducing the microbial colonization of environmental surfaces in an intensive care unit.

Demand and sales of pigments in the coatings industry has witnessed sheer proliferation in the recent past, in line with the end-users' search for environment-friendly and cost-effective solutions ...

In their unending quest to improve day-to-day life, researchers have processed a common pigment into a form that could lead to new generations of self-sterilizing bathroom tiles and antifog mirrors.

IT is common practice in the final stages of the manufacture of titanium dioxide pigments to apply coatings to the crystal surfaces, in order to reduce their photochemical activity and improve their ...

Photocatalysis, through the utilisation of solar energy, is now regarded as an environmentally friendly way to degrade pollutants and to treat wastewater. Titanium dioxide (TiO 2) and zinc oxide (ZnO) ...

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), is transmitted via airborne droplets and surface contamination.

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Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology (FEP) claims to have applied crystalline titanium oxide to ultra-thin glass for the first time in a ...

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A team of University of California, Riverside’s Bourns College of Engineering students created a roof tile coating that when applied to an average-sized residential roof breaks down the same amount of ...

Students at UC Riverside have created a cheap coating that can go on ordinary clay roofing tiles to bust smog. Freelancer Michael Franco writes about the serious and silly sides of science and ...