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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2003
Sheikh A. Akbar, Hilliard, OH (US);
Sehoon Yoo, Columbus, OH (US);
Kenneth H. Sandhage, Atlanta, GA (US);
Sheikh A. Akbar, Hilliard, OH (US);
Sehoon Yoo, Columbus, OH (US);
Kenneth H. Sandhage, Atlanta, GA (US);
The Ohio State University Research Foundation, Columbus, OH (US);
Abstract
A method for manufacturing oriented arrays of ceramic or metal oxide nanostructures, such as titania (TiO) nanofibers. The nanofibers are formed on the surface of a body that is first sintered at a temperature in the range of about 1,100 to about 1,400 degrees Celsius. Subsequently, the surface is exposed to an H-bearing gas, such as Hand Nin a ratio of about 5:95 at about 700 degrees Celsius for about 8 hours. During heat treatment in the gas phase reaction, sintered titania grains transform into arrays of nanofibers oriented in the same crystallographic direction.