Pilot Scale Production and Compatibility Criteria of New Self-Cleaning Materials

The paper involves a chain of activities from
synthesis, establishment of the methodology for characterization and
testing of novel protective materials through the pilot production and
application on model supports.
It summarizes the results regarding the development of the pilot
production protocol for newly developed self-cleaning materials. The
optimization of the production parameters was completed in order to
improve the most important functional properties (mineralogy
characteristics, particle size, self-cleaning properties and
photocatalytic activity) of the newly designed nanocomposite
material.





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