title: ZnO: a versatile template to obtain unusual morphologies of silica, gold  and carbon nanostructures.
abstract: Unusual morphologies of silica, gold and carbon were obtained by using ZnO nanostructures as templates. Microdrums and pencil-shaped ZnO nanostructures are successfully replicated into silica, gold and carbon analogues which are otherwise difficult to make.
authors.affiliation: Nanomaterials and Catalysis Lab, Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit and DST Unit on Nanoscience, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, 560064, India.
authors.forename: Katla Sai
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Krishna
authors.forename: Ganeshan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vivekanandan
authors.forename: Duduka
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ravinder
authors.forename: Muthusamy
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eswaramoorthy