The importance given to the environmental issue leads us to promote the search for resources that minimize the degradation of the environment, especially with respect to water resources area. In this context, there is a ...

The costs with development and maintenance of buildings create considerable impacts to a countrys economy. Therefore, their durability is greatly important to favor a healthy economy. The buildings facades can be considered ...

Glass is a non-crystaline inorganic material included among the silicates. Functionalization is the process of adding new functions and/or properties to a material by changing its surface chemistry. Despite having a diversity ...

Clay is a widely used and studied material in many scientific areas. It can be called mud and it also can be used in advanced applications such as the pharmaceutical industry composites, special adsorbents etc. Adobe is ...

In recent years, the development of superhydrophobic surfaces has been receiving increasing attention from academia to industry for the potential applications that can add to the surface of metals, glass, ceramics and ...

Neste trabalho foram sintetizados nanotubos de dióxido de titânio pelo método hidrotermal, vantajoso por seu baixo custo reacional, alta reprodutibilidade e facilidade em produzir esse material de alta cristalinidade. ...