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    <journal-meta>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="aggregator">72010410</journal-id>
      <journal-title>NIP &amp; Digital Fabrication Conference</journal-title>
      <abbrev-journal-title>nip digi fabric conf</abbrev-journal-title>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">2169-4451</issn><issn pub-type="epub"/>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Society of Imaging Science and Technology</publisher-name>
        <publisher-loc>7003 Kilworth Lane, Springfield, VA 22151, USA</publisher-loc>
      </publisher>
    </journal-meta>
    <article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2007.23.1.art00040_2</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="sici">2169-4451(20070101)2007:2L.675;1-</article-id>
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        <article-title>Preparation of TiO<sub>2</sub> on Ti-wires, or Fixation of Powdered TiO<sub>2</sub> onto Wires of Heating Element for Decomposition of Organic Wastes by Thermally-generated Holes at High Temperatures in TiO<sub>2</sub></article-title>
      </title-group>
      <contrib-group>
        <contrib>
          <name>
            <surname>Yamaguchi</surname>
            <given-names>Daigo</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib>
          <name>
            <surname>Ebara</surname>
            <given-names>Toru</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib>
          <name>
            <surname>Kimura</surname>
            <given-names>Keita</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib>
          <name>
            <surname>Mizuguchi</surname>
            <given-names>Jin</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <pub-date>
        <day>01</day>
        <month>01</month>
        <year>2007</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>2007</volume>
      <issue>2</issue>
      <fpage>675</fpage>
      <lpage>678</lpage>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-year>2007</copyright-year>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <p>Titanium dioxide was once extensively investigated as a photoconductor for the electrophotographic photoreceptor at its incunabula. Nowadays, it has attracted attention as a material for photocatalyzers, solar cells as well as their related areas. We report here another application
 of titanium dioxide. We are so far involved in complete decomposition of organic wastes in air by thermally-generated holes in titanium dioxide of the powdered form. In view of the practical use of the present system, fixation of TiO<sub>2</sub> powders onto a support in the form of, for example,
 a honeycomb seems to be the core technology. To realize this, we have tried in the present investigation to coat heating elements (Ti, Ni-Cr etc.) with TiO<sub>2</sub> powders by means of electrophoretic deposition, or to directly oxidize Ti-coated alumina ball by wet hydrogen at 980 &#xB0;C.
 Both methods are found to be effective. Then, we have carried out decomposition experiments, with the TiO<sub>2</sub>-coated wires or balls, of polycarbonate as well as benzene and toluene. We have confirmed that these compounds have completely been decomposed into H<sub>2</sub>O and CO<sub>2</sub>
 by means of thermally-generated holes.</p>
      </abstract>
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