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Shape control of highly crystallized titania nanorods based on formation mechanism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2011

Motonari Adachi ,
Katsuya Yoshida ,
Takehiro Kurata ,
Jun Adachi ,
Katsumi Tsuchiya ,
Yasushige Mori  and
Fumio Uchida
Motonari Adachi*
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe 610-0321, Japan; and Fuji Chemical Co., Ltd., Hirakata 573-0003, Japan
Katsuya Yoshida
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe 610-0321, Japan
Takehiro Kurata
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe 610-0321, Japan
Jun Adachi
Affiliation:
National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Ibaraki 567-0085, Japan
Katsumi Tsuchiya
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe 610-0321, Japan
Yasushige Mori
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe 610-0321, Japan
Fumio Uchida
Affiliation:
Fuji Chemical Co., Ltd., Hirakata 573-0003, Japan
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: mo-adachi@fuji-chemical.jp
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Abstract

A strategic scheme for controlling the shape of titania nanorods while maintaining their highly crystallized state was investigated in terms of the effects of reactant concentration and temperature change on the formation mechanism. Lowering the temperature from 433 to 413 K markedly slowed down the reaction rate and resulted in the coexistence of amorphous-like films and crystalline titania nanorods due to the concurrence of nucleation out of the amorphous phase and particle growth by crystallization. Based on these findings, a strategy for shape control was proposed and long, high aspect ratio titania nanorods in a highly crystallized state were successfully synthesized.

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TiNanostructureMorphology
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , 28 January 2012 , pp. 440 - 447
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2011

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