Citation: Madhuri Sharon, Farha Modi, Maheshwar Sharon. Titania based nanocomposites as a photocatalyst: A review[J]. AIMS Materials Science, 2016, 3(3): 1236-1254. doi: 10.3934/matersci.2016.3.1236
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