El hecho diferencial canario: ultraperiferificidad e insularidad

[ES] En este estudio su autor analiza la situación pasada y presente de Canarias, temporalmente acotada desde su entrada en la Unión Europea, hasta la obtención del Estatuto Permanente que reconoce la situación de ultraperificidad. El objetivo es analizar los cambios que está experimentando el marco institucional en el que se desenvuelve la economía y sociedad canaria. Estos cambios se refieren, fundamentalmente, a las cuestiones que tienen que ver con la reforma del Régimen Económico y Fiscal (REF) de Canarias, con el desarrollo e impacto que está teniendo el Régimen Específico de Abastecimiento (REA) sobre la economía canaria, así como al recientemente aprobado Estatuto Permanente de Canarias en la Unión Europea.

Photocatalytic activity of nanostructured anatase coatings obtained by cold gas spray

[EN] This article describes a photocatalytic nanostructured anatase coating deposited by cold gas spray (CGS) supported on titanium sub-oxide (TiO22x) coatings obtained by atmospheric plasma spray (APS) onto stainless steel cylinders. The photocatalytic coating was homogeneous and preserved the composition and nanostructure of the starting powder. The inner titanium sub-oxide coating favored the deposition of anatase particles in the solid state. Agglomerated nano-TiO2 particles fragmented when impacting onto the hard surface of the APS TiO22x bond coat. The rough surface provided by APS provided an ideal scenario for entrapping the nanostructured particles, which may be adhered onto the bond coat due to chemical bonding; a possible bonding mechanism is described. Photocatalytic experiments showed that CGS nano-TiO2 coating was active for photodegrading phenol and formic acid under aqueous conditions. The results were similar to the performance obtained by competitor technologies and materials such as dip-coating P25 photocatalysts. Disparity in the final performance of the photoactive materials may have been caused by differences in grain size and the crystalline composition of titanium dioxide.