... and Physics 100 (2006) 507–512Facile synthesis and characterization of novel nanocomposites of titanate nanotubes and rutile nanocrystalsJiaguo Yu∗, Huogen YuState Key Laboratory of Advanced ... templates and hydrothermal synthesis, these methods have mainly beenconcentrated on monomorphic 1D nanostructures, such as nan-otubes, nanobelts and nanowires, etc. However, the synthesis of the nanocomposites ... of 1D nanostructures and 0D nanocrys-talline remains a challenge to materials scientists [26,27].Herein, we report that the nanocomposites of titanate nan-otubes and rutile nanocrystals can...