Copper 2 perchlorate hexahydrate cu clo4 2 6h2o

TiO₂ nanoparticles dispersion (Anatase, 15 wt %, 5–15 nm) was purchased from US Research Nanomaterials (Houston, TX, USA). Acrylamide (AAm, 99%), N,N-DimethylAcrylamide (DMAA, 99%), N,N-methylenebisAcrylamide (BIS, 99%), potassium peroxodisulfate (KPS, 99%), N,N,N′,N′-Tetramethylethylenediamine (TEMED, 99%) and Copper(II) perchlorate hexahydrate (Cu(ClO₄)₂·6H₂O) were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (Atlanta, GA, USA). Reactive blue 4 (dye content 40 wt %) was purchased from Alfa Aesar (Tewksbury, MA, USA). All chemicals were used as received without further purification.

All reagents were purchased from commercial sources and used without further purification: Trithiocyanuric acid [C₃H₃N₃S₃] (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA, 95.0%), Copper(II) perchlorate hexahydrate [Cu(ClO₄)₂·6H₂O] (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA, 98.0%), N,N-Dimethylformamide [(CH₃)₂-N-CHO] (Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA, 99.9%), Isopropyl alcohol [C₃H₈O] (Sigma Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA, ≥99.5%), Titanium(IV) isopropoxide [Ti(OC₃H₇)₄] (Sigma Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA, 98%), Acetic acid [CH₃COOH] (Fluka, 99,8%), Hydrogen chloride [HCl] (Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA, 37%), Cetyl-trimethyl ammonium chloride [C₁₉H₄₂NCl] (Sigma Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA, 25%), Hydrogen peroxide [H₂O₂] (Sigma Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA, 35%), Silver nitrate [AgNO₃] (Sigma Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA, >99.8%), Nitric acid [HNO₃] (Sigma Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA, 69%), Zinc acetate dihydrate [Zn(CH₃COO)₂·2H₂O] (ACS, St. Louis, MO, USA, ≥98%), Methylene blue [C₁₆H₁₈ClN₃S·xH₂O] (Sigma Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA, ≥95%). Computational calculations were achieved using the Vienna Ab initio Simulation Package (VASP) version 6.0 (VASP Software GmbH, Vienna, Austria) and Gaussian version 09 (Gaussian, Inc., Wallingford, CT, USA) software packages.