Can anyone let me know how to make the TiO2 nanoparticle surface hydrophobic by chemical functionalization?

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Luis Portilla

Check this, both apply to TiO2 nanoparticles.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261101583_Smoothly_Tunable_Surface_Properties_of_Aluminum_Oxide_Core-Shell_Nanoparticles_By_A_Mixed-Ligand_Approach

And this:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281056317_Very_Facile_Polarity_Umpolung_and_Noncovalent_Functionalization_of_Inorganic_Nanoparticles_A_Tool_Kit_for_Supramolecular_Materials_Chemistry

Article Smoothly Tunable Surface Properties of Aluminum Oxide Core-S...

Article Very Facile Polarity Umpolung and Noncovalent Functionalizat...

Siddharth Kulkarni

Thanks a lot. Will surely have a look.

Praveen Kumar K

Surface modification using Vinyl silane or Mercaptosilane

Thank you