Nature Communications (Oct 2022)
Facet effect of hematite on the hydrolysis of phthalate esters under ambient humidity conditions
Abstract
With a combined experimental and computational study, Jin et al. demonstrate that hematite nanoparticles can efficiently degrade phthalates under ambient humidity conditions, with a rate strongly dependent on the exposed facet via bidentate coordination involving neighbor Fe atoms, suggesting their possible use for indoor air purification