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Query: KEGG:D01931 (TiO2)
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The lung plasminogen activator (PA) response was examined in four different models of particle-induced pulmonary lesions in NMRI mice (single intratracheal administration, 0.75 to 5 mg/mouse). Sequential changes in cellular (total and differential counts) and biochemical markers of alveolitis (lactate dehydrogenase [LDH], total proteins) were monitored in bronchoalveolar fluid (BALF) and the fibrotic lung response was assessed histologically. An intense but spontaneously resolving alveolitis was produced by manganese dioxide (MnO2) and a fibrosing alveolitis was elicited by crystalline silica (DQ12). Minimal and noninflammatory responses were obtained after instillation of titanium dioxide (TiO2) and tungsten carbide (WC), respectively. The comparison between the resolving and the fibrosing alveolitis model was especially taken into consideration in an attempt to identify fibrinolytic changes associated with the development of fibrosis. At the alveolitis stage, similarly increased BALF PA activities were measured in both the resolving and the fibrosing alveolitis models whereas only slight and no PA modifications were noted after administration of TiO2 and WC, respectively. Persistently (up to 120 d) increased BALF PA activity was selectively associated with the progression to fibrosis (DQ12), suggesting that PA is involved in the fibrotic process. ELISA measurements demonstrated that the changes in BALF PA activity were exclusively related to changes in urokinase (uPA), not tissue-type PA. A rapid and persisting (up to Day 30) upregulation of cell-associated PA activity occurred after DQ12, MnO2, and TiO2 treatment only. Cellular PA activity was however significantly higher in fibrogenic inflammatory cells recovered from DQ12 than from MnO2-treated mice suggesting that the intensity of cellular PA upregulation may represent an early indicator of the progression to fibrosis. The implication of urokinase in the pathogenesis of silica-induced fibrosis was demonstrated by the use of a uPA knockout mice. The acceleration of the fibrotic process in uPA-deficient compared with the wild type animals demonstrated the contribution of uPA to limit the fibrotic process.
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PMID:Role of urokinase in the fibrogenic response of the lung to mineral particles. 947 81

A new type of atomic absorption spectrometer using a laser diode as light source and a tungsten coil as atomizer is described. Compared to established atomic absorption spectrometers, it is much simpler in construction, smaller in size, and less expensive and it provides inherent background correction and high detection power. The performance of this concept is demonstrated by the determination of aluminum and chromium in water, blood serum and, using the slurry sampling technique, in powdered high-purity graphite and titanium dioxide samples. For calibration, the standard addition method was used. Possible interferences by impurities originating from the tungsten coils are discussed. Applying aqueous solutions of Al and Cr, detection limits of 0.9 and 0.03 ng/mL, respectively, were obtained, and for serum, they were 2.5 and 0.3 ng/mL, respectively. For these elements in graphite and titanium dioxide applied as slurry, the detection limits are between 0.02 (Cr in TiO2) and 0.6 micrograms/g (Al in graphite). The accuracy was checked by comparison of the results with those of other methods. The described system is especially suitable for on-site and on-line analysis.
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PMID:An electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometer using semiconductor diode lasers and a tungsten coil atomizer: design and first applications. 973 4

We have used activated carbon (AC) prepared from almond shells as a support for tungsten oxide to develop a series of WOx/AC catalysts for the catalytic combustion of toluene. We conducted the reaction between 300 and 350 degrees C, using a flow of 500 ppm of toluene in air and space velocity (GHSV) in the range 4000-7000 h(-1). Results show that AC used as a support is an appropriate material for removing toluene from dilute streams. By decreasing the GHSV and increasing the reaction temperature AC becomes a specific catalyst for the total toluene oxidation (SCO2 = 100%), but in less favorable conditions CO appears as reaction product and toluene-derivative compounds are retained inside the pores. WOx/AC catalysts are more selective to CO2 than AC due to the strong acidity of this oxide; this behavior improves with increased metal loading and reaction temperature and contact time. The catalytic performance depends on the nonstoichiometric tungsten oxide obtained during the pretreatment. In comparison with other supports the WOx/AC catalysts present, at low reaction temperatures, higher activity and selectivity than WO, supported on SiO2, TiO2, Al2O3, or Y zeolite. This is due to the hydrophobic character of the AC surface which prevents the adsorption of water produced from toluene combustion thus avoiding the deactivation of the active centers. However, the use of WOx/AC system is always restricted by its gasification temperature (around 400 degrees C), which limits the ability to increase the conversion values by increasing reaction temperatures.
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PMID:Activated carbon and tungsten oxide supported on activated carbon catalysts for toluene catalytic combustion. 1546 Nov 77

A single atomic layer of tungsten grown by atomic layer deposition (ALD) on a single-crystal rutile TiO2(110) support is studied by the X-ray standing wave (XSW) technique. The surface structural and chemical properties were also examined using atomic force microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and low-energy electron diffraction. The XSW measured set of hkl Fourier components for the W atomic distribution function are summed together to produce a model-independent 3D map of the W atoms relative to the rutile lattice. The 3D atomic image shows surface tungsten atoms equally occupying the two nonequivalent Ti sites with a slight outward displacement. This corresponds to the atop and bridge sites with respect to the underlying lattice oxygen atoms. These XSW measurements clearly show that ALD conformal layers can be highly coherent with respect to the substrate lattice.
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PMID:Imaging of atomic layer deposited (ALD) tungsten monolayers on alpha-TiO2(110) by X-ray standing wave Fourier inversion. 1680 May 92

The oxidation characteristics of NO over Pt/TiO2 (anatase, rutile) catalysts have been determined in a fixed bed reactor as a function of O2, CO and SO2 concentrations in the presence of 8% water. The conversion of NO to NO2 increases with increasing O2 concentration up to 12% and it levels off. This saturation effect is more pronounced over rutile-Pt/TiO2 (r-Pt/TiO2) than that of anatase-Pt/TiO2 (a-Pt/TiO2). The presence of CO increases NO oxidation significantly and this enhanced effect is more pronounced on a-Pt/TiO2 than that on r-Pt/TiO2 with increasing CO concentration at lower temperatures. The same effect is also observed on the catalysts with different Pt and tungsten oxide (WO3) loadings. With increasing Pt and WO3 loadings on TiO2 support (Pt-WO3/TiO2), formation of NO2 is high even at lower temperatures. The presence of SO2 significantly suppresses the oxidation of NO over both r-Pt/TiO2 and a-Pt/TiO2 catalysts but it is less pronounced due to low stability of sulfate on a-Pt/TiO2.
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PMID:Effect of CO on NO oxidation over platinum based catalysts for hybrid fast SCR process. 1682 42

Studies on the catalytic destruction of 1,2-dichlorobenzene were carried out on a specially constructed semi-technical equipment whose most important element was a catalytic reactor with a monolithic catalyst in the form of 150 x 150 x 100 mm cubes. A catalyst made from cordierite with an active layer composed of Al2O3 - 64 wt%, TiO2 - 26 wt%, V2O5 - 6.6 wt% and WO3 - 3.4 wt% was used. The reactor made it possible to carry out the process in the temperature range 150-350 degrees C, at variable catalyst loading and different velocities of gas flow through the reactor. The content of 1,2-dichlorobenzene in the air was analysed by a chromatographic method. A significant effect of catalyst loading and temperature on 1,2-dichlorobenzene destruction efficiency was observed and no effect of the linear flow velocity through the catalyst on o-dichlorobenzene destruction efficiency was reported. The applied vanadium-tungsten catalyst on a monolithic carrier made from TiO2/gamma-Al2O3 revealed very good activity that resulted in an over 80% efficiency of 1,2-dichlorobenzene destruction at the temperature around 250 degrees C at a very high catalyst loading reaching ca. 8200 h(-1). Additionally, in this study the kinetics of 1,2-dichlorobenzene decomposition was determined, specifying the order of reaction and dependence of the decomposition rate constant on temperature, using a simple power-rate law model.
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PMID:Catalytic destruction of 1,2-dichlorobenzene on V2O5-WO3/Al2O3-TiO2 catalyst. 1723 26

Self-assembled nanoporous tungsten oxide (WO3) with preferential orientation (002) planes was successfully synthesized on the tungsten sheet by anodization in a 0.2 wt % NaF and 0.3% (V/V) HF mixture solution in a 1:1 ratio. The pores, of a highly ordered self-assembled structure, had an average size of approximately 70 nm. X-ray diffraction identified a monoclinic WO3 structure and fine preferential orientation of (002) planes. A maximum photoconversion efficiency of 17.2% was obtained for the self-assembled nanoporous WO3 under high-pressure mercury lamp illumination. The photocatalytic (PC) degradation of pentachlorophenol (PCP) in aqueous solution using the self-assembled nanoporous WO3 photocatalyst, performed under both high-pressure mercury lamp and Xe lamp illumination, showed more excellent PC capability than WO3 film and TiO2 nanotube arrays.
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PMID:High photocatalytic capability of self-assembled nanoporous WO3 with preferential orientation of (002) planes. 1762 46

V2O5-WO3/TiO2 catalysts with different vanadium and tungsten loadings were prepared by impregnation method. The activities of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NO with NH3 were measured and surface characteristics of those samples were characterized. It is found that both the surface areas and catalytic activities are influenced by vanadium loadings. When the vanadium loadings increased from 1% to 8%, the catalyst surface areas decreased by 16 m2/g, while the highest activity temperature was reduced by about 100 degrees C. Tungsten acts as stabilizer and promoter of the SCR catalyst. When the vanadium loading was 1%, an increase of tungsten loadings from 0 to 6% resulted in the decrease of the catalyst surface areas by only 3 m2/g, while the activity window was expanded to both high and low temperature range each by about 50 degrees C. Vanadium and tungsten loadings have an effect on the surface VOx, but do not change the surface crystal structure of the catalysts.
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PMID:[Effect of vanadium and tungsten loadings on the surface characteristics and catalytic activities of V2O5-WO3/TiO2 catalysts]. 1799 May 37

Tungsten oxide loaded with nanoparticulate platinum is demonstrated to exhibit high activity for the decomposition of organic compounds both in liquid and gas phases; the activity was almost comparable to that of TiO2 under UV light irradiation and much higher than that of nitrogen-doped TiO2 under visible irradiation.
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PMID:Pristine simple oxides as visible light driven photocatalysts: highly efficient decomposition of organic compounds over platinum-loaded tungsten oxide. 1851 8

The (TiO2)n clusters and their anions for n = 1-4 have been studied with coupled cluster theory [CCSD(T)] and density functional theory (DFT). For n > 1, numerous conformations are located for both the neutral and anionic clusters, and their relative energies are calculated at both the DFT and CCSD(T) levels. The CCSD(T) energies are extrapolated to the complete basis set limit for the monomer and dimer and calculated up to the triple-zeta level for the trimer and tetramer. The adiabatic and vertical electron detachment energies of the anionic clusters to the ground and first excited states of the neutral clusters are calculated at both levels and compared with the experimental results. The comparison allows for the definitive assignment of the ground-state structures of the anionic clusters. Anions of the dimer and tetramer are found to have very closely lying conformations within 2 kcal/mol at the CCSD(T) level, whereas that of the trimer does not. In addition, accurate clustering energies and heats of formation are calculated for the neutral clusters and compared with the available experimental data. Estimates of the titanium-oxygen bond energies show that they are stronger than the group VIB transition metal-oxygen bonds except for tungsten. The atomization energies of these clusters display much stronger basis set dependence than the clustering energies. This allows the calculation of more accurate heats of formation for larger clusters on the basis of calculated clustering energies.
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PMID:Molecular structures and energetics of the (TiO2)n (n = 1-4) clusters and their anions. 1857 14


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