Stabilization of size-controlled BaTiO nanocubes via precise solvothermal crystal growth and their anomalous surface compositional reconstruction

Nakashima, Koichi*; Onagi, Kaito*; Kobayashi, Yoshio*; Ishigaki, Toru*; Ishikawa, Yoshihisa*; Yoneda, Yasuhiro; Yin, S.*; Kakihana, Masato*; Sekino, Toru*

ACS Omega (Internet), 6(14), p.9410 - 9425, 2021/04

https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.0c05878

We succeeded in synthesizing barium titanate nanocubes by hydrothermal synthesis. When the nanocubes were examined in detail using a scanning electron microscope, pulsed neutrons, and large synchrotron radiation, it was found that a reconstituted layer of titanium oxide was formed on the surface.