Organoclay hybrid materials as precursors of porous ZnO/silica-clay heterostructures for photocatalytic applications

Marwa Akkari, Pilar Aranda, Abdessalem Ben Haj Amara and Eduardo Ruiz-Hitzky
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1971–1982. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.7.188

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Organoclay hybrid materials as precursors of porous ZnO/silica-clay heterostructures for photocatalytic applications
Marwa Akkari, Pilar Aranda, Abdessalem Ben Haj Amara and Eduardo Ruiz-Hitzky
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1971–1982. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.7.188

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Akkari, M.; Aranda, P.; Ben Haj Amara, A.; Ruiz-Hitzky, E. Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1971–1982. doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.188

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