Synthesis and Characterization of Single-Layer TiO2 Nanotubes

2016 ◽  
Vol 1133 ◽  
pp. 501-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Zulfiqar ◽  
Abdul Aziz Omar ◽  
Sujan Chowdhury

In this paper, TiO2 nanotubes (TNTs) were synthesized through simple chemical hydrothermal treatment process when anatase TiO2 nanopowder is chemically treated with 10 M NaOH and >99.5% ethanol at 180°C for 24 hr. According to the transmission electron microscopic (TEM) image analysis TNTs tubes were formed in the length sizes from 400 to 700 nm with inner diameter of 5 nm and outer diameter of 8 nm. The morphological and structural properties of synthesized TNTs was characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), UV–Vis diffuse reflectance spectra (DRS).

2009 ◽  
Vol 79-82 ◽  
pp. 581-584 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Ang Song ◽  
Li Xin Cao ◽  
Ge Su ◽  
Wei Liu ◽  
Hui Liu ◽  
...  

Titanium based nanotubes (8-12nm outer diameter and 4-6nm inner diameter) were successfully fabricated by a simple and cost-effective hydrothermal method. The nanotube-like amorphous phases TNT(Na) and TNT(H) were obtained with different post treatment. The samples were characterized by means of high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), selected area electron diffraction (SAED), energy dispersive X-ray spectrum (EDS) and UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS). The photocatalytic activities of the nanotubes were evaluated using photo-oxidation of methyl orange.


2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 422-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ákos K. Kiss ◽  
Edgar F. Rauch ◽  
Béla Pécz ◽  
János Szívós ◽  
János L. Lábár

AbstractA new approach for measurement of local thickness and characterization of grain boundaries is presented. The method is embodied in a software tool that helps to find and set sample orientations useful for high-resolution transmission electron microscopic (HRTEM) examination of grain boundaries in polycrystalline thin films. The novelty is thesimultaneoustreatment of the two neighboring grains and orienting both grains and the boundary planesimultaneously. The same metric matrix-based formalism is used for all crystal systems. Input into the software tool includes orientation data for the grains in question, which is determined automatically for a large number of grains by the commercial ASTAR program. Grain boundaries suitable for HRTEM examination are automatically identified by our software tool. Individual boundaries are selected manually for detailed HRTEM examination from the automatically identified set. Goniometer settings needed to observe the selected boundary in HRTEM are advised by the software. Operation is demonstrated on examples from cubic and hexagonal crystal systems.


2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (10) ◽  
pp. 2905-2912 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tokeer Ahmad ◽  
Ashok K. Ganguli

Nanoparticles of barium orthotitanate (Ba2TiO4) was obtained using microemulsions (avoiding Ba-alkoxide). Powder x-ray diffraction studies of the powder after calcining at 800 °C resulted in a mixture of orthorhombic (70%) and monoclinic (30%) phases. The high-temperature orthorhombic form present at 800 °C was due to the small size of particles obtained by the reverse micellar route. Pure orthorhombic Ba2TiO4 was obtained on further sintering at 1000 °C with lattice parameters a = 6.101(2) Å, b =22.94(1) Å, c = 10.533(2) Å (space group, P21nb). The particle size obtained from x-ray line broadening studies and transmission electron microscopic studies was found to be 40–50 nm for the powder obtained after heating at 800 °C. Sintering at 1000 °C showed increase in grain size up to 150 nm. Our studies corroborate well with the presence of a martensitic transition in Ba2TiO4. The dielectric constant was found to be 40 for Ba2TiO4 (at 100 kHz) for samples sintered at 1000 °C. The dielectric loss obtained was low (0.06) at 100 kHz.


2011 ◽  
Vol 236-238 ◽  
pp. 538-542
Author(s):  
Yong Jun Liu

The deactivation behavior of industrial hydrodemetallization catalysts was investigated in the presented work. The main objective of the study is to contribute to a better understanding of the nature of the coke and metal deposition on the used catalysts by applying chemical analysis and various advanced analytical techniques, such as X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD), thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and solid-state carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (13C NMR). The results are discussed scientifically based on the physico–chemical properties of origin and used catalysts.


1996 ◽  
Vol 431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianping Yang ◽  
Syed Qadri ◽  
Banahalli Ratna

AbstractBicontinuous cubic phase of lipid has been utilized for the first time as a matrix to synthesize II–VI (CdS) and IV–VI (PbS) semiconductor nanocrystallites. The nanoparticles were isolated from the lipid matrix and stabilized by capping with a thiol compound before purification. Two different sizes (2.3 nm and 3.0 nm) of CdS particles were prepared by varying the conditions of preparation. The size was determined by a combination of UV-vis absorption spectra and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The steep absorption edges of the two CdS samples indicate very narrow size distribution. XRD and transmission electron microscopic imaging of PbS nanocrystallites revealed that the size was 4.9 nm with nearly monodispersed size distribution.


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