Nano Express
Facile Synthesis and Tensile Behavior of TiO2 One-Dimensional Nanostructures
1 Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, 28223, USA
2 NUANCE Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA
3 Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, 13699, USA
Nanoscale Research Letters 2009, 5:338-343 doi:10.1007/s11671-009-9485-5
Published: 18 November 2009Abstract
High-yield synthesis of TiO2 one-dimensional (1D) nanostructures was realized by a simple annealing of Ni-coated Ti grids in an argon atmosphere at 950 °C and 760 torr. The as-synthesized 1D nanostructures were single crystalline rutile TiO2 with the preferred growth direction close to [210]. The growth of these nanostructures was enhanced by using catalytic materials, higher reaction temperature, and longer reaction time. Nanoscale tensile testing performed on individual 1D nanostructures showed that the nanostructures appeared to fracture in a brittle manner. The measured Young’s modulus and fracture strength are ~56.3 and 1.4 GPa, respectively.
