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Twinned Zn 2 TiO 4 Spinel Nanowires Using ZnO Nanowires as a Template
Author(s) -
Yang Y.,
Sun X. W.,
Tay B. K.,
Wang J. X.,
Dong Z. L.,
Fan H. M.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200700299
Subject(s) - nanowire , materials science , spinel , amorphous solid , ternary operation , template , nanotechnology , zinc , chemical engineering , crystallography , metallurgy , chemistry , engineering , computer science , programming language
Ternary twinned Zn 2 TiO 4 spinel nanowires are formed by a solid‐state reaction between Ti and ZnO from an amorphous Ti‐coated ZnO core/shell nanowire structure. The ZnO nanowires are used as templates to spatially confine the formation of Zn 2 TiO 4 nanowires. TEM investigations (see figure) reveal the nature of both the ZnO/Ti core/shell structure and the <111>‐oriented growth of the twinned spinel nanowires.