Preparation of single-crystal PbTiO3 nanorods by phase transformation from Pb2Ti2O6 nanorods

Single-crystal PbTiO3 nanorods have been synthesized by phase transformation from Pb2Ti2O6 nanorods. In the process, single-crystal Pb2Ti2O6 nanorods were first prepared by hydrothermal method, and single-crystal PbTiO3 nanorods were obtained by phase transition from the resultant Pb2Ti2O6 nanorods. Various approaches including XRD, Raman, TEM, SAED, and HRTEM were used to investigate the as-prepared products. It was found that Pb2Ti2O6 nanorods played a key role in the formation of PbTiO3 nanorods. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.