Photoactive Cements: A Review
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The review article entitled “Photoactive cements: A review”, presents a short and comprehensive overview of modified cements with photocatalytic activity. Some statements need to be considered prior to further consideration in the journal of Materials and after addressing the reviewer’s major concerns:
(1) The whole manuscript needs further grammar polish such as: CO2 and TiO2 (the number are not subscript), Mxen, with With, and other grammar mistakes.
(2) Please provide a section on the photocatalytic mechanisms of TiO2 or as general.
(3) Please add part b) in section 2.3. including examples using a different type of photocatalyst.
(4) There are long paragraphs throughout the whole manuscript please divided them.
Author Response
Dear Reviewer
Thank you very much for your comments:
Reviewer: The whole manuscript needs further grammar polish such as: CO2 and TiO2 (the number are not subscript), Mxen, with With, and other grammar mistakes.
Answer: We fixed all editorial errors. In the case of MXen, it should be MXene. This is the name of Ti3C2, we put this formula in to the manuscript.
Reviewer: Please provide a section on the photocatalytic mechanisms of TiO2 or as general.
Answer: Very general mechanism of photocatalysis was placed in the section 2
Reviewer: Please add part b) in section 2.3. including examples using a different type of photocatalyst.
Answer: Part b) to section 2.3 was added
Reviewer: There are long paragraphs throughout the whole manuscript please divided them.
Answer: To long paragraphs were divided
Reviewer 2 Report
This manuscript present a detailed review for photoactive cement. The manuscript is in a good structure.
However, it is advised that in the review paper, the authors should have copyright clearance/admission for the use of figures from other publications even when these figures are cited properly. It can usually be completed with publishers' setup (for example, RightsLink for Elsevier) or author's approval.
Author Response
Dear Reviewer
Thank you very much for your comments:
This manuscript present a detailed review for photoactive cement. The manuscript is in a good structure.
However, it is advised that in the review paper, the authors should have copyright clearance/admission for the use of figures from other publications even when these figures are cited properly. It can usually be completed with publishers' setup (for example, RightsLink for Elsevier) or author's approval.
We obtained the appropriate approvals from publishers under the drawings and placed the information RightsLink for Elsevier
Round 2
Reviewer 1 Report
No further comments.
