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Mesoporous titania nanofibers by solution blow spinning

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Fast and large-scale production of mesoporous titania nanofibers was achieved by solution blow spinning. The blow spinning setup provides a method to prepare titania nanofibers in a safe and scalable way without using a high-voltage electric field. Titania microstructure and porosity can be modified by adding a suitable template, such as pluronic polymers. The blow spun titania nanofibers had a good performance on the photocatalytic degradation of tetracycline and could be easily removed from the tetracycline aqueous solution due to their large aspect ratio. Solution blow spinning method has a great potential for the large-scale production of titania nanofibers with good photocatalytic properties.

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The authors wish to thank CONACYT-Mexico for its support through CB-239354 project and Mario Hernandez for his 3D model of the spinneret. R. Cruz-Silva thanks the support of the Center of Innovation Program from Japan Science and Technology Agency, JST.

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  1. FIME-CIIDIT, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Ave. Universidad s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, C.P. 66451, Mexico

    Manuel Gonzalez-Abrego, Cynthia Guerrero-Bermea, Azael Martinez de la Cruz, Domingo Garcia-Gutierrez & Selene Sepulveda-Guzman

  2. Centro de Investigación en Ingeniería y Ciencias Aplicadas, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Av. Universidad 1001, Col. Chamilpa, Cuernavaca, Morelos, C.P. 62209, Mexico

    Araceli Hernandez-Granados

  3. Research Center for Exotic Nanocarbons Shinshu University, 4-17-1 Wakasato, Nagano, 380-8553, Japan

    Rodolfo Cruz-Silva

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Gonzalez-Abrego, M., Hernandez-Granados, A., Guerrero-Bermea, C. et al. Mesoporous titania nanofibers by solution blow spinning. J Sol-Gel Sci Technol 81, 468–474 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-016-4210-1

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