Aminolysis Route to Monodisperse Titania Nanorods with Tunable Aspect Ratio

High-temperature nonhydrolytic aminolysis has been developed as an approach to monodisperse titania nanocrystals by exploiting the chemical modification of reactive titanium isopropoxide with oleic acid as the chelating ligand. Its capabilities for the anisotropic growth of highly crystalline anatase titania nanocrystals (see picture) with controlled size and shape have been demonstrated. Supporting information for this article is available on the WWW under http://www.wiley-vch.de/contents/jc_2002/2005/z500410_s.pdf or from the author. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.