Open Access Nano Express

Paramagnetic properties of carbon-doped titanium dioxide

Anton A Minnekhanov1*, Daria M Deygen1, Elizaveta A Konstantinova1,2, Alexander S Vorontsov1 and Pavel K Kashkarov1,2

Author Affiliations

1 Physics Department, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119991, Russia

2 Russian Research Center Kurchatov Institute, 1, Akademika Kurchatova pl, Moscow, 123182, Russia

For all author emails, please log on.

Nanoscale Research Letters 2012, 7:333 doi:10.1186/1556-276X-7-333

Published: 21 June 2012

Abstract

This paper reports the experimental results on paramagnetic properties of carbon-doped titanium dioxide. The electron paramagnetic resonance study of the samples has been carried out both in dark and under illumination. The nature of defects and their dynamics under illumination of carbon-doped TiO2 samples is discussed.

Keywords:
carbon-doped titanium dioxide; electron paramagnetic resonance; defect