title: V2O5 nanorods on TiO2 nanofibers: a new class of hierarchical nanostructures enabled by electrospinning and calcination.
abstract: Electrospinning provides a simple approach to fabricating nanofibers and assemblies with controllable hierarchical structures. In this communication, we demonstrate that electrospinning can be combined with calcination to further maneuver the morphology and phase structure of nanofibers. More specifically, single-crystal V2O5 nanorods could be grown on rutile nanofibers by carefully calcining composite nanofibers consisting of amorphous V2O5, amorphous TiO2, and poly(vinylpyrrolidone). The size of the resulting V2O5 nanorods could be conveniently controlled by varying the composition of the nanofibers and/or the calcination temperature. In addition to the nanorod-on-nanofiber hierarchical structure, we believe this approach can also be extended to fabricate other more complex architectures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1700, USA.
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ostermann
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yadong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Jesse T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: McCann
authors.forename: Younan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xia
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods*; D003890:Desiccation; D004563:Electrochemistry / Q000379:methods*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D010316:Particle Size; D012399:Rotation; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry*; D017968:Vanadium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D017968:Vanadium Compounds; C009495:titanium dioxide; C066075:vanadium pentoxide; D014025:Titanium