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Prof. Dr. Waldir Avansi Jr. and FAPESP (grant #13/17639-4) for
providing DRS spectroscopy facilities.
Keywords: zinc oxide • polymeric precursor method •
photocatalysis • water decontamination
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The authors are grateful to the Ministry of Science, Technology,
and Innovation (through SisNANO Program - National System of
Laboratories in Nanotechnology), the National Council for
Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq, grant
#300247/2013-3, #402.287/2013-4, and #454438/2014-1),
Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel
(CAPES), Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP, grants
#13/13888-0, #15/12304-0, and #16/09746-3), and Embrapa
Rede AgroNano for their financial support. The authors also thank
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