The intensive development of construction in recent years and the increasing demands on
the durability and service life of buildings have increasingly caused construction scientists to …

TiO2-based photocatalytic building materials can keep the building surface clean, and have
decontamination, antibacterial effects and so on, which greatly reduces the maintenance …

Photo-oxidation processes assisted by nanosized semiconductors are receiving increasing
attention due to their potential application in environmental field. The ability to exploit the …

A self-cleaning nanostructured TiO 2 coating has demonstrated the capacity to mitigate
undesired effects from air pollution. Not only it reduces the deterioration of building materials …

Titanium dioxide has been recently used in its nanometric form to develop smart products
and coatings on several building components so as to better preserve their visual aspect …

In the last decades, the interest in the development of protective coatings for movable and
immovable Cultural Heritage (CH) assets has decidedly increased. This has been mainly …

In recent times, nanomaterials have been applied in the construction and maintenance of
the worldÅLs cultural heritage with the aim of improving the consolidation and protection …

The research in nanotechnology, viz. the development of nanomaterials and
nanocomposites has widened their applications in various sectors. The heritage …

Numerous superhydrophobic materials have been developed in recent years by using a
combination of two strategies: reducing the surface free energy and roughening the surface …

As a consequence of human activities, today, we are exposed to high pollution levels that
cause building materials damage and many diseases. The application of TiO 2 as coating …