title: Chemical synthesis of transition metal oxide nanotubes in water using an iced lipid nanotube as a template.
abstract: An iced lipid nanotube has been employed as a template to perform sol-gel transcription of transition metal alkoxides in the absence of solution catalysts, giving titania, tantalum oxide and vanadium oxide nanotubes in aqueous dispersions.
authors.affiliation: Nanoarchitectonics Research Center (NARC), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan.
authors.forename: Qingmin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Toshimi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimizu