Mutual affinity of electron polarons and water at a TiO2 surface
Titania has been the subject of a tremendous amount of research, most of it related to its photocatalytic applications. Central to these studies has been the work that has explored the interaction of water with TiO2 surfaces. Indeed, this is now quite well understood....
Photocatalysis: Importance of the Aqueous Interface
The interaction of water on TiO2 is crucial to elucidate photocatalytic water splitting for hydrogen fuel generation. Anatase and rutile are the most commonly occurring polymorphs of TiO2. Although the interaction of water on rutile surfaces has been extensively...
Turning a pinch of salt into an electrical switch
A team of scientists from the LCN at UCL, the University of Liverpool in the UK and the Advanced Microscopy Laboratory at the University of Zaragoza in Spain have discovered a way to induce and control a fundamental electrical switching behaviour by interfacing...