title: Controlling the morphology of nanostructured barium titanate by hydrothermal method.
abstract: Nanostructured BaTiO3 particles have been synthesized by hydrothermal method using a layered titania nanosheet as Ti precursor. The influence of processing parameters on the formation of BaTiO3 was investigated in this paper. The BaTiO3 particles show different shapes including irregular, sphere-like and plate-like structures by treating the titania nanosheet in different hydrothermal conditions. The dissolution-recrystallization and in situ topotactic transformation mechanisms are suggested based on observations of the factors that influence BaTiO3 formation, such as Ba(OH)2 concentration, the solvent of ethanol, and reaction temperature.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die and Mould Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
authors.forename: Lihong
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.forename: Youwei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yan