title: Facile fabrication of hierarchical hollow microspheres assembled by titanate nanotubes.
abstract: Hierarchical hollow microspheres assembled by titanate nanotubes were fabricated via a hydrothermal process. During the entire process, the hydrous titanium oxide microspheres served as a template and source of titanate ions and H(2)O(2) was used to facilitate the conversion of titanate sheets into nanotubes in low-concentration NaOH (0.1 M). Furthermore, this synthesis route is more friendly than the previous hydrothermal synthesis of TiO(2)-derived nanotubes in a highly alkaline (10-15 M) medium.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, PR China.
authors.forename: Yufeng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Jizhang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Zheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Qiu