title: Hydrothermal synthesis of vanadium oxide nanotubes from oxide precursors.
abstract: Vanadium oxide nanotubes were synthesized as the main product by a direct hydrothermal treatment of oxide precursors and long chain amines as structure-directing templates. The morphology and structure of nanotubes was characterized by powder X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy, and thermal analysis. Nanotubes of high aspect ratio with layered structures were found to grow together in the form of bundles. The paper also discusses the chemistry issues involved in synthesizing nanostructured vanadium oxides.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi 110016, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ramanan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Panthöfer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jansen
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D046911:Macromolecular Substances / Q000737:chemistry; D008422:Materials Testing; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D043942:Nanotubes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D010087:Oxides / Q000737:chemistry; D010316:Particle Size; D012997:Solvents / Q000737:chemistry; D013499:Surface Properties; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry*; D017968:Vanadium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D010087:Oxides; D012997:Solvents; D017968:Vanadium Compounds; D014867:Water; C009495:titanium dioxide; C066075:vanadium pentoxide; D014025:Titanium