Effect of Titania Colloid Solution Concentration on Hydrophobicity of Well-Aligned TiO2 Nanorods Synthesized via Hydrothermal Method

Subject Areas : Materials synthesis and charachterization

Farhad karimkhani ¹ , h. ghayour ² , B. Boka ³

1 - Department of Materials Engineering, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.
2 - Department of Materials Engineering, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.
3 - Department of Materials Engineering, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.

Received: 2013-12-11 Accepted : 2014-01-03 Published : 2014-02-01

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