... properties of metal oxides (4, 12–14) Chemical and biological sensors having nanostructured metal oxides and especially metal- oxide nanowires benefit from the comprehensive understanding that exists ... direction, one can expect to see the onset of progressively more significant quantum effects (32) Surface Reactions on One- Dimensional Oxides, Gas Sensing, and Catalysis The exploration of the metal- oxide ... potentially useful one- dimensional metal- oxide nanostructures, including nanobelts, were synthesized and characterized in Wang’s group (19, 34) and in other laboratories (see 16, 17 and references...