. . . . . . . . . .    ANM 2010     3rd International Conference on Advanced Nano Materials     12-15 September 2010 - Agadir, Morocco Back    Abstract ANMM119 NANOSTRUCTURED ASSEMBLY OF TIO2/FELDH AS VISIBLE – LIGHT ACTIVE PHOTOCATALYST  GABRIELA CARJA (1), CRISTIAN DRANCA (1), AKIRA NAKAJIMA (2) (1) Department of Chemical Engineering,Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Environment Protection, Technical University “Gh. Asachi” of Iasi, Bd. D.Mangeron, Iasi 700050, Romania, (2) Department of Metallurgy and Ceramic Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology 2-12-1, O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan . Ensembles of different nanoarchitectures into which different components are able to join their features and organize themselves for giving rise to materials owning complex features are currently a subject of intense research interest. We present here a room - temperature nanocarving strategy for the fabrication of nanoparticles of TiO2 on iron substituted anionic clay matrix (TiO2/FeLDH). It is based on the growth and organization of nanoparticles of titania which occur during the structural reconstruction of the layered structure of the anionic clay in TiOSO4 aqueous solution. No organic compounds are used during the fabrication. The described material was characterized by X – ray diffraction (XRD), IR spectroscopy (FTIR), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X – ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Results show that the TiO2 – clay nanoarchitecture consists of small nanoparticles of TiO2 (average size 5 nm) deposited on the larger nanoparticles (average size 90 nm) of iron substituted clay. The optical properties of the new nickel-zinc formulation are studied by UV-Vis.The visible light photocatalytic activity of titania-iron substituted clay nanostructured ensemble was investigated by degradation of methylene blue.. . © nanoAC . . . . . . . . . .

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