title: Alkali metal cation intercalation properties of titanate nanotubes.
abstract: Hydrothermally synthesized titanate nanotubes show high alkali metal cation intercalation reactivity evidenced by high resolution microscopic examination, elemental mapping and profiling techniques as well as wet chemical analysis.
authors.affiliation: Soft Chemistry Group, Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan. ma.renzhi@nims.go.jp.
authors.forename: Renzhi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Takayoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bando