title: Fabricating gold nanoparticle-oxide nanotube composite materials by a self-assembly method.
abstract: Composition of nanostructured metal particles on oxide tubes (TiO2 and ZrO2) were fabricated and characterized. The composite materials were examined by transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, FT-IR absorption, and UV-visible absorption spectra. The results of characterization showed that the composites indeed contained both oxide tubes and gold nanoparticles and that the gold nanoparticles were intimately associated with the nanotubes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Key Lab of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jin-Zhong
authors.initials: JZ
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Wen-Bo
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Jun-Jie
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Gen-Xi
authors.initials: GX
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Hong-Yuan
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Chen