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A new strategy is introduced wherein small complexes are combined with linear metal cations to produce metal oxide nanowires. The copper oxide monocrytalline nanowires are made through the complex precursor surfactant assisted route.

Thermally stable hematite (alpha-Fe2O3) hollow nanowires were synthesized by a vacuum-pyrolysis route from beta-FeOOH nanowires for the first time. It was found that the products can catalyze the oxidation of almost 100% carbon monoxide at 320 degree Celsius exhibiting excellent catalytic performances despite their small BET surface area.

The fabrication of well-crystallized rutile-phase TiO2 hollow spheres is reported using potassium titanium oxalate as the precursor. The spheres exhibited unique three-dimensional hierarchical architectures and demonstrated a significantly improved photocatalytic performance.

The multi-walled and bamboo-like well-crystalline CN(sub x) nanotubes with controllable nitrogen concentration are synthesized. The stoichiometry of as-prepared CN(sub x) is close to that of the theoretically predicted graphite-like CN.

Research has been conducted on one-dimensional nanostructures. The authors report that the short-chain polymers promote 1D ZnO nanostructure formation.