SYNTHESIS, ASSEMBLY, AND APPLICATIONS OF TITANIUM-DIOXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES AND RELATED NANOCOMPOSITES LI JING NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE 2007 SYNTHESIS, ASSEMBLY, AND APPLICATIONS OF TITANIUM-DIOXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES AND RELATED NANOCOMPOSITES LI JING (BEng & MEng, Tianjin University, China) A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL AND BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE 2007 . SYNTHESIS, ASSEMBLY, AND APPLICATIONS OF TITANIUM-DIOXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES AND RELATED NANOCOMPOSITES LI JING NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE 2007. NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE 2007 SYNTHESIS, ASSEMBLY, AND APPLICATIONS OF TITANIUM-DIOXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES AND RELATED NANOCOMPOSITES LI JING (BEng & MEng,. China) A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL AND BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE 2007