Figure 1.

Surface-bound polymerization of THA to PTHA on surface of a TiO2 nanocrystallite. The monomer THA was strong bonded to TiO2 surface via -COOH. FeCl3 was used as an oxidizing agent to polymerize the surface-bound THA to its corresponding polymer PTHA.

Saji et al. Nanoscale Research Letters 2011 6:521   doi:10.1186/1556-276X-6-521
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