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Journal of Nanomaterials TiO2-Based Nanomaterials: Design, Synthesis, and Applications Guest Editors: Yuekun Lai, Luning Wang, Dawei Liu, Zhong Chen, and Changjian Lin Nanomaterials TiO2-Based Nanomaterials: Design, Synthesis, and Applications Journal of Nanomaterials TiO2-Based Nanomaterials: Design, Synthesis, and Applications Guest Editors: Yuekun Lai, Luning Wang, Dawei Liu, Zhong Chen, and Changjian Lin Copyright © 2015 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. All rights reserved. This is a special issue published in “Journal of Nanomaterials.” All articles are open access articles distributed under the Creative Com- mons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. 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Sundramoorthy, USA Ajayan Vinu, Australia Renyun Zhang, Sweden Sabine Szunerits, France Shiren Wang, USA Nyan-Hwa Tai, Taiwan Yong Wang, USA Contents TiO2-Based Nanomaterials: Design, Synthesis, and Applications, Yuekun Lai, Luning Wang, Dawei Liu, Zhong Chen, and Changjian Lin Volume 2015, Article ID 250632, 3 pages Correlation between the Photocatalytic Degradability of PAHs over Pt/TiO2-SiO2 in Water and Their Quantitative Molecular Structure, Zhao-hui Luo, Chuan-ling Wei, Nan-nan He, Zhi-guo Sun, Hui-xin Li, and Dan Chen Volume 2015, Article ID 284834, 11 pages Facile Synthesis and Characterization of N-Doped TiO2 Photocatalyst and Its Visible-Light Activity for Photo-Oxidation of Ethylene, Yu-Hao Lin, Chih-Huang Weng, Arun Lal Srivastav, Yao-Tung Lin, and Jing-Hua Tzeng Volume 2015, Article ID 807394, 10 pages Comparison of Adsorption Capability of Activated Carbon and Metal Doped TiO2 for Geosmin and 2-MIB Removal from Water, Aisha Asghar, Zahiruddin Khan, Nida Maqbool, Ishtiaq A. Qazi, and Muhammad Ali Awan Volume 2015, Article ID 479103, 11 pages Preparation of Oleyl Phosphate-Modified TiO2/Poly(methyl methacrylate) Hybrid Thin Films for Investigation of Their Optical Properties, Masato Fujita, Naokazu Idota, Kimihiro Matsukawa, and Yoshiyuki Sugahara Volume 2015, Article ID 297197, 7 pages Attenuating Immune Response of Macrophage by Enhancing Hydrophilicity of Ti Surface,XiaohanDai, Yan Wei, Xuehui Zhang, Song Meng, Xiaoju Mo, Xing Liu, Xuliang Deng, Li Zhang, and Xuming Deng Volume 2015, Article ID 712810, 8 pages Preparation and Photocatalytic Performance of Nano-TiO2 Codoped with Iron III and Lanthanum III, Wei Guan, Fangying Ji, Zhigang Xie, Rongan Li, and Nan Mei Volume 2015, Article ID 869821, 13 pages Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Nanomaterials Volume 2015, Article ID 250632, 3 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/250632 Editorial TiO2-Based Nanomaterials: Design, Synthesis, and Applications Yuekun Lai,1 Luning Wang,2 Dawei Liu,3 Zhong Chen,4 and Changjian Lin5 1 National Engineering Laboratory of Modern Silk, College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China 2School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China 3Kazuo Inamori School of Engineering, Alfred University, Alfred, NY 14802, USA 4School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798 5State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China Correspondence should be addressed to Yuekun Lai; [email protected] Received 15 March 2015; Accepted 15 March 2015 Copyright © 2015 Yuekun Lai et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Nanostructure materials with specific properties or activities the presence of Pt/TiO2-SiO2, while the degradation effi- arenotexpectedinbulkphaseandhavealreadyledto ciency of low molecular weight (LMW) PAHs, NP, FL, and a breakthrough in various fields of research and applica- PHE were inhibited under the same experimental conditions. tion. Within these nanomaterials, TiO2-based nanomateri- More impressing, the photocatalytic degradability of 67 PAHs als attracted great interest and intensive researches due to was predicted and verified in a way by comparing against their merits of high specific surface area, proper electronic themaximumGAPofPAHsthatcouldbephotocatalytically band structure, high quantum efficiency, chemical innerness, degraded and the minimum GAP of PAHs that could not be and stability (Figure 1). Over the past decades, derivations photocatalytically degraded in this study. from TiO2-based nanostructures materials constructed by A. Asghar et al. in “Comparison of Adsorption Capability various techniques, for example, assisted-template method of Activated Carbon and Metal Doped TiO2 for Geosmin [1, 2], hydrothermal treatment [3–5], and electrochemical and 2-MIB Removal from Water” presented a facile method anodic oxidation [6–9], have extensively been investigated for to synthesis of the Fe doped and Pt doped TiO2 nanopar- many potential applications, including environmental photo- ticles. Compared with granular activated carbon which is catalysis/adsorbent, dye-sensitized solar cell, and biomedical the most widely used water purification, such doped TiO2 implants [10–13]. nanoparticles demonstrated their potential application for Thisspecialissueisfocusedontherationaldesign, Geosmin and 2-MIB adsorbent because of their smaller environmental-friendly synthesis strategies and promising size, larger surface, and more active adsorption site. The applications based on hierarchical TiO2-based nanostruc- present experimental results suggest that metal doped titania turedmaterials.Someofresearchedworkscollectedbythis nanoparticles demonstrate significant adsorption potential issue are as follows. for the accelerated removal for earthy-musty odor producing Z. H. Luo et al. in “Correlation between the Photocatalytic