Abstract
Titanate nanotubes and ZnO nanorods are the most studied 1D oxide nanostructures, due to their specific structure, morphology, and special properties. Several physical and chemical methods of preparation have been developed for their preparation. Among the chemical methods, the mostly used are the template-assisted sol–gel method, hydrothermal method, and anodic oxidation. In the following chapter, a short review of the results obtained by hydrothermal preparation of titanate nanotubes and ZnO nanorods and their structural, morphological, and thermal characterization is presented. In the case of titanate nanotubes, the factors influencing the hydrothermal synthesis as well as factors influencing the post-hydrothermal treatment of resulted titanate were discussed. The influence of the microwaves on the hydrothermal preparation of titanate nanotubes is also presented. In the case of ZnO nanorods/nanotubes, the different experimental conditions for their preparation by hydrothermal method were established. Among the different precursors and reagents involved in the hydrothermal procedure for the ZnO nanorod/nanotube preparation, the zinc nitrate–hexamethylenetetramine system is one of the mostly used, and it was approached in more details. The obtaining of ZnO nanorods and their transformation into nanotubes in the mentioned system was discussed. At the same time, the possibility of doping ZnO nanotubes and their growth as aligned ZnO nanorods on the different substrates was presented. Besides titanate nanotubes and ZnO nanorods/nanotubes, several other oxides (V2O5, MoO3, WO3, SnO2, Fe2O3) that could be obtained by hydrothermal method were discussed.
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Anastasescu, C., Mihaiu, S., Preda, S., Zaharescu, M. (2016). Synthesis of Oxide Nanotubes/Nanorods by Hydrothermal Method. In: 1D Oxide Nanostructures Obtained by Sol-Gel and Hydrothermal Methods. SpringerBriefs in Materials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32988-8_3
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