Chemists suggest a new method to synthesise titanium nanoparticles for water purification

RUDN chemists have developed a new method for obtaining titanium-based nanoparticles to clean water from phenols—toxic aromatic hydrocarbons with an OH-group. The atoms of metals in the nanoparticles oxidize the pollutants under the influence of light and turn them into water and carbon dioxide. The new method will make the production of such nanoparticles easier and cheaper. The results of the work were published in the Journal of Molecular Liquids.