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Metal oxide nanorods

  • US 5,897,945 A
  • Filed: 02/26/1996
  • Issued: 04/27/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/26/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A composite comprising a substrate and a metal oxide nanorod consisting essentially of a metal oxide comprising a metal selected from the group consisting of titanium, zirconium, hafnium, vanadium, niobium, tantalum, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, manganese, technetium, rhenium, iron, osmium, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, cadmium, scandium, yttrium, lanthanum, a lanthanide series element, boron, gallium, indium, thallium, germanium, tin, lead, magnesium, calcium, strontium, and barium, or said metal oxide is Al2 O3 ;

  • wherein said metal oxide nanorod has a narrow dimension between 1 and 100 nanometers, and an aspect ratio between 5 and 2000, wherein the metal oxide nanorod is a single crystal, and said metal oxide nanorod is on the substrate and is aligned perpendicular to a surface of the substrate.

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