@article {Karunakaran:2012:2158-5849:319,
title = "Hot-Injection Synthesis of Bactericidal Sn-Doped TiO2 Nanospheres for Visible-Light Photocatalysis",
journal = "Materials Express",
parent_itemid = "infobike://asp/me",
publishercode ="asp",
year = "2012",
volume = "2",
number = "4",
publication date ="2012-12-01T00:00:00",
pages = "319-326",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "2158-5849",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asp/me/2012/00000002/00000004/art00007",
doi = "doi:10.1166/mex.2012.1084",
keyword = "DISINFECTION, SN-TIO2, E. COLI, PHOTOCATALYST, PHOTODEGRADATION",
author = "Karunakaran, Chockalingam and Sakthiraadha, Sakthidasan and Gomathisankar, Paramasivan",
abstract = "Sn-doped (5, 10, 15, and 20 at.%) TiO2 nanospheres have been synthesized by hot-injection method and the optimum doping level for visible light photocatalyis is found to be 15%. The energy dispersive X-ray spectrum confirms the presence of Sn and its composition in the prepared
nanospheres. The X-ray diffraction pattern reveals Sn-doping of TiO2 which is in rutile phase. Replacement of Ti4+ by Sn4+ results in enlargement of unit cell volume. The doped oxide exhibits blue as well as green emission due to oxygen vacancies. The specific
conductance and capacitance of 15% Sn-doped TiO2 are larger than those of pristine TiO2. The synthesized nanosphere is also found to act as a bactericide; it kills E. coli cells effectively in the absence of direct illumination.",
}