title: Spontaneous growth of ultra-thin titanium oxides shell on Ag nanowires: an electron energy loss spectroscope observation.
abstract: Ag nanowires with a spontaneous ultra-thin TiO2 shell (∼0.5 nm) can be grown on TiO2 substrate. STEM/EELS results demonstrate that this oxygen-deficient TiO2 layer is formed through the oxidation of Ti which is released from the substrate and segregated to the nanowire surface simultaneously with crystal growth of the nanowires.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Institute of Applied Science and Technology, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 106, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chi-Hang
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Shih-Yun
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jenn-Ming
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gloter