“…Depending on processing routes and conditions a wide variety of nanostructured metal oxides have been achieved. These include single crystals [2], thin films [3], heterostructures [4], hierarchical structures [5], and one dimensional (1-D) nanostructures [6,7]. So far, 1-D nanostructures of TiO 2 , SnO 2 , ZnO, CuO, In 2 O 3 , Fe 2 O 3 , MoO 3 , WO 3 , TeO 2 , and CdO have been synthesized by adopting different fabrication routes.…”