Inventors:
Sheikh Akbar - Hilliard OH, US
Sehoon Yoo - Columbus OH, US
Kenneth Sandhage - Atlanta GA, US
International Classification:
B32B009/00
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.