A very simple and controllable approach was proposed to synthesize novel Fe（OH）3/TiO2 nanoparticles. Compared with neat TiO2, the Fe（OH）3/TiO2 increased the rate of the photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange at pH 6.0 by more than five times, showing photocatalytic activity as excellent as P25. This enhancing effect is mainly attributed to the ferric hydroxide deposits as the electron scavenger and the enriched surface hydroxyl groups.
Well-confined uniform polyaniline （PANI） nanofibers were synthesized by using photo-assisted chemical oxidative polymer- ization of aniline in the presence of different dopant acids, and the radical scavenging ability of the produced PANI nanofibers was determined by the DPPH assay. It was found that the antioxidant activity of PANI nanofibers was higher than conventional PANI, and increased with decreasing of averaged diameter of the nanofibers. The enhanced antioxidant activity was concerned with increased surface area of PANI nanofibers.
