TiO2 is one of the most studied compounds in materials science. Owing to some outstanding
properties it is used for instance in photocatalysis, dye‐sensitized solar cells, and …

Anodic aluminium oxide (AAO) has been investigated and utilized in numerous products for
almost a century. But the rapidly increasing interest in nanoscale materials and their …

Among all one dimensional nanostructures other than carbon, titania nanotubes have
gained increasingly more scientific interest due to a successful combination of functional …

The discovery of carbon nanotubes in 1991 is a milestone in nanomaterials research. Since
then, more and more anisotropic nanoparticles have been detected and characterized. The …

The development of aluminum anodization technology features many stages. With the story
stretching for almost a century, rather straightforward—from current perspective …

Titanium oxide nanotubes were successfully grown from a titanium plate by direct anodic
oxidation with 0.2 wt% hydrofluoric acid being the supporting electrolyte. These nanotubes …

Carbon nanotubes were discovered in 1991. It was soon recognized that layered metal
dichalcogenides such as MoS2 could also form fullerene and nanotube type structures, and …

Vanadium oxide nanotube is a new type of nanotubular material which opens new horizons
for application in many areas. The important catalytic and electrochemical property of …

A template-directed synthesis strategy is an ideal tool to fabricate oxide nanotubes in that
their physical dimensions can be precisely controlled and monodisperse samples can be …

Since the first report on the synthesis of inorganic WS2 nanotubes in 1992, the number of
articles on the successful growth of different inorganic nanotubes has increased rapidly …